In order to halt the untold hardship presently affecting Nigerians
due to the ongoing fuel crisis, the President of the Senate, Dr.
Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, directed the Senate Committee on
Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to cut short its recess and immediately
convene a meeting with industry stakeholders.
According to the report by Punch, Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, revealed
this today in Abuja.
Following the directive, the Committee has summoned the Minister of
State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Group Managing Director of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Maikanti Baru and other
relevant stakeholders in the petroleum sector to a crucial meeting on
Thursday, January 4, 2018.
He further added that the meeting, which will be held in the Senate
Hearing Room 221 and its proceedings aired live on the Nigerian
Television Authority, is meant to address the lingering fuel scarcity
bedevilling the nation in the last few weeks with a view to putting a
complete stop to the unsavoury development.
The Senate, which is presently on Christmas and New Year break is
billed to resume Committee work for budget defence on January 9, and
commence plenary on January 16.