Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has called on President Bola Tinubu to resist the temptation to name himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources as he prepares to assign portfolios to Ministers-designate.
The umbrella association of all registered political parties and political associations in the country, gave the advice on Tuesday, while also hailing the Senate “for not approving the hasty decision by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to deploy troops to Niger Republic to oust the military junta in the West African country.”
In a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, James Ezema, the CNPP said: “The oil industry, which is the main stay of the Nigerian economy is challenged on every side and supervised by very corrupt leadership.”
Tinubu should assign as Ministry of Petroleum Resources
CNPP noted that “since the job of a President of Nigeria is enormous, President Tinubu should assign the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, or whatsoever name he chooses for the Ministry overseeing the petroleum industry, to a substantive Minister who he will hold accountable for the activities of the Ministry.
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“The oil industry in Nigeria is one of the most corrupt sectors, where we often heard of zero remittances by the then Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
“We call on the President to ensure a thorough forensic probe of the old NNPC to recover the alleged unremitted revenues by the defunct corporation and to sanitize the oil industry and begin on a clear slate,” CNPP said.
Senate right by stopping deployment of Nigerian troops to Niger
On the war drums against the coupists in Niger, CNPP said: “The Senate was on point by stopping the planned deployment of Nigerian troops to Niger.
“The consequences of Nigeria’s involvement in the ill-throughout plans by ECOWAS to deploy troops in Niger against the Junta will be regrettable as most parts of northern Nigeria will be destroyed as a result of the aftermath of the war.
“Nigeria should learn a lesson from Ukrainian and Russian war. While Ukraine is receiving the negative impacts of the war, it has been impossible for Russia to overrun Ukraine too.
“Nigeria has enough security challenges within her territory and should not be dragged into needless war against the military junta in Niger which is massively supported by the majority of the civilian population in the country,” it noted.
