OrderPaperToday – The House of Representatives has decried the refusal of the Minister of State. Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu to appear before its committee to defend the sectoral allocations of his ministry in the 2016 budget.
Chairman of Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Committee of the House, Mr. Joseph Akinlaja who disclosed to newsmen on Friday said Kachukwu failed to appear before the committee to defend the budgets of the ministry despite repeated reminders.
The minister who also doubles as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) received four letters to appear before the committee to defend both the ministry’s and the corporation’s budget but failed to appear eventually.
According to Akinlaja, Kachikwu only sent officials making the budget defence process less fruitful.
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i think pmb is in the best position to defence the budget.
He can NEVER appears 2 defend dat,afterall is he d minister of petroleum?Buhari should b answereable 2 d house
No he should not the President.
Awaiting for OK from his boss.
Is he at Home?because I sighted him in Kuwait.
Meeting without/in the absence of treasurer….no money ….
This is laughable. The minister of petroleum to defend budget of the ministry when billions of Naira has bn fraudulently smuggled into other ministries budget? I dont think anybody will appear for Pet Ministry for fear of mysterious discovery. This govt……..na wa o.
U hv seen it.
Hmmmmm
BUDGET DEFENCE MUST NOT B BY D MINISTER. EVEN WHEN D MINISTER APPEARS HE DOES SO WIT A TEAM OF EXPERTS WHO MOST OF D TIME ANSWERED QUESTIONS THROWN 2 D MINISTER. I SEE THIS AS A DISTRACTION. REPS DID NOT TEL US THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS D MINISTRY OFFICIALS COULD NOT ANSWER. D MINISTER IS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND KNOWS THAT A MINISTER MUST NOT APPEAR IN PERSON 2 DEFEND A BUDGET.
If not the minister then who is the right person to defend on his behalf?
Buhari is d minister for petroleum let him go and Defend d Budget pls. Mscheeew
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now nigerians v seen d disadvantage of buhari holdn oil ministry,he is just there 2 manipulate&don’t expect his assistance 2 defend wot he don’t knw or 2 leak his boss plans.
he was in qatar now,how does he come depend what u so called budget,non sense.
Buhari is the substantive minister. Minister of state should not be defending budgets when the minister is alive and kicking.
We are watching APC
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Is Ibe Kachikwu the minister of petroleum resources? Are these legislators serious?
Confusion government three months,pure water is now 20naira per one
The last time I checked PMB still remains the Petroleum minister. When will this APC come to an end?
Nigerian Rise up n push ds Caw call buhari n APC out of office simple
Wm OBJ was d president n minister 4 petrolum. for 8yrs he had opportunity to still our money n he stole billions EG ABUJA Rail contract,now Buhari is doing dsame to still hsown money,we wll go to d street n ask ds DAURA man to go to hs caws n goats
Lead your team on the street to face doom
Not surprising
GOD is watching
If he can not defend the budget of his ministry, why did he appoint himself as minister of petroleum resources? Who prepared the budget?
Make dem 4get dat yeye budget
Hahaha
I put it in this way there is no 2016 budget.
who will take dem serious when they stupidly allowed a budget filled with errors to pass 1st reading.
Una neva chituntin.
y re we deliberately distorting facts. The Minister has been on week long state visit with the president to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Hahahahaha, I delaf ooo, how can the man defend the budget he didn’t know anything about. Padded budget. Una neva see anything yet. Make we begin the pray for this our Naija oooo.
Pls O who is petroleum minister? I thought it was PMB himself. He should be called to defend the budget he wrote now. What is Kachikwus’ own in this. How will he defend a budget he had no hand in. You reps take your time O leave my brother. Don’t tarnish his hard earned reputation.
Nigeria had being delited, what remains is to down load the dead nig down to bottomless pit,
WHY!WHY!
THE PETROLEUM MINISTER IS PMB…….UNLESS THERE IS AN OVERSIGHT HERE. KACHICHUKWU IS THE MIN. OF STATE FOR PETROLEUM. ….THE QUESTION IS WHOSE DUTY IS IT TO DEFEND THE BUDGET.
The minister or noice maker should defend it.
Kachukwu might be minister of state petroleum, he is in charge of the ministry and better positioned to defend the budget.