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The Minister of State for Petroleum and NNPC chief, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has resigned from his post following unsuccessful attempts to proffer a tenable solution to the ongoing grueling experience(s) to get fuel in the country. In an official statement made available to a pool of media houses this morning around 9:30 am, Nigerian time, Dr. Kachikwu cited “respect for professional jurisdiction” and “systemic frustration” as one the reasons that informed his undoubtedly sad decision to leave his post amidst a fuel crunch.
Part of the statement says, “It’s been a great privileged to serve our country in this role of Petroleum Minister for the past few months, but, I sadly have to inform you about my decision to resign from this post, considering the fact that the unpalatable situation of the fuel crisis hasn’t abated despite my honest and best efforts to allay it.
He added, ” I am a professional who has spent over 30 active and productive years in the private sector where there is a structure of work that is easily adaptable to the theory of cause and effect. Sadly, and very strange to me, this isn’t the way it is here in the government setup, where despite my role as the Petroleum Minister, I seldom have control over all the variables and metrics that determine the direction of fuel availability and pricing”
“This above, is an uncouth and unnecessary complexity that my managerial experience and technocratic expertise is quite alien to, despite my herculean efforts to adapt to it. I’ve come to admit the existence of systemic frustration in the workings of this sector. Therefore, in respect to the specificity of professional boundaries and jurisdiction, I, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, have decided, albeit painstakingly, to resign from this post, while hoping that someone who understands the actually unfitting complexities of Nigeria petroleum sector, steps in to proffer other solutions that I haven’t been able to install in the past few months”, thus, a major part of the statement read.
The entire nation and her miraculously enduring citizens have been subjected to hellish experiences in the past two months, just to get fuel for the businesses, homes and cars. In fact, to term the situation “hellish” seems to be an understatement, if the reportage from thr polity is put in consideration.
The climateChange-grade weather and the drop in the generation and distribution of electricity throughout the country, have both made the situation worse, as the presence of these two dire facts have more than ever before, made the need for a fuel practically and extremely dire.
Small business are on a death row as owners of such, queue for hours to get fuel that ironically remains unavailable. The groan and burden from industries too remains palpable in the polity, moving from point A to point B hasnt been so herculean as it presently is, and with more similar examples, one can say Kachikwu’s resignation seems like a welcome development, more like a placebo, to douse the accelerating tension and toughness in the polity.
Earlier in the week, Kachikwu, in a recant of his7 “magical” (sic) statement, promised that the fuel scarcity will be over in 2 weeks, but, some bluntly honest Nigerians with expensive emotions believed it was more like a statement of “fake hope” made under official duress, and true to them, this morning’s resignation of the swagger Minister, rightly attests to their permutation and unbelief.
In as much as this resignation doesn’t ensure an immediate solution to the lingering scarcity, Nigerians will definitely hope it tilts the country leadership towards a direction where immediate action, a novel approach maybe, will be put into ignition to quickly douse the dire situation, if not eradicate it permanently.
Kachikwu has resigned, but, Nigerians are gonna be wondering and highly expectant about how that will affect the price of “garri” (as they say) and most importantly, how Kachikwu’s resignation will be directly proportional to availability of fuel and the reduction of pump price.
Well, I really wished this story were true oh…chai. ..why is April fool like this…why???
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April fool.
It’s pass midday
🙂
What????
and of course you read it first on viva naija
Yeah right. …like Naija politicians ever resigns…. Na do or die oh…
Happy April Fool! U do well 😂
Rachel
Evelyn Abiodun 😤😂😤😂😂😂😂
U got me sha!
Got me 😂
April fool
Nothing is new .
April fool
April fool
April fool ay????
April fool. Nigerian officials never resign. Ever!
Ah I swear I chop o! Assorted thunder on the writer of this piece!!!!
With fuku and rambadout abi? 😂😂😂
April fool.
😢😢😢😢😂😂😂😂😂
Assorted thunder kwa?
Evuls! !!
Peju! You shouldn’t be playing with matters like dis na!
V u ever a nigerian govt official resigning lailai
Taken in till the end!
Dat is too greedy to resign
April fool
I hope is all April fool
Viva is a fool on april.
April fools
you are one of the CUTEST persons in this world Just a second don’t misunderstand me CUTE means Creating Useless Troubles. Hope is April Fool.
April fool
Lie lie
April fool
AS HIM RESIGN THEM COME GIVE YOUR FATHER?
What an abusive language? Mad people…… Crazy contribution. Go n learn how to contribute on social media, is a piece of advice.
April fool
Fake news
Hmmm. April Fools Day officially ends at midday o!!
fake news
This April fool is expensive oo
Okey oo
Who cares.
April fool
And so what?
April fool.where you con see Nigerian official resigning even at the eleventh hour?
Talkless of igbo man
This Is Fake News!!!
I hope the news is true, because i hate this man buhari and anything that will make his government successful I don’t like it.
You are a patrotic nigerian who speaks the truth. If it was in Europe, Buhari would have resigned himself as minister of petroleoum and not minister of state. I wish other ministers will follow this man and resign from his functionless cabinet.
The truth is you’re an enermy to your self not Buhari, how can you say such after all you’ve seen and heard.
April fools
Please reframe your lies
@muhammad funtua , u dont hate yur fellow human being because it not of God . so watch what u say before wrath of God descend on u !
Sorry if this hurt, you no well o. Lol! I really got caught.
April Fool!! 😉😜😎
Hmmmm,that is chanji number one.
Save your life my brother ibe
Nigeria according to Aboki
April fool over pls stop
Na u resign stupid
This April fool strong oo.
April fool wooooo
April wise? or fool.
Even if he does, I respect cos we Nigerians are very difficult people alot of us are never great full.
Watin concine me.
M Funtua u are already a failure.
April fool
Buhari na d biggest fool this april
Your father is a fool mumu like you
Mobison obumson is u and all your family that are the biggest fool in the wold
Check out his name una no need to abuse him omumuobison obumumuson…. The mumu is flowing in his name…. I just hope you’re not still in service with the Nigerian Army else you’d be taken up for your remarks which is contrary to the Nigerian Armed Forces Act (NAFA)
more feeble minded ministers may joint you soon
Mtsewwwww. Shit
That’s 9ce! meaning the petroleum minister himself will be resigning too
Muhammad funtua what is your problem, if his government fails , who suffers, we the people, so for that reason pray for buhari to succeed, okay
Jankara story
systemic frustration?
Mr david that cant kill the speechless goliath pls dont ever try to talk about issues concerning Nigteria again
Enemy of progress go on with your lies
Where there is dictatorship, the best thing is to resign
April Lie
Rubbish!
A blatant lie
Hw i wish ds can be true,so other country 2 know dat Nigeria also hv sum matured men.
It is a lie,an average Nigerian is too greedy to leave such a ‘lucrative’position for any reason,it has never happened in Nigerian history!
I think this is April fool
Fool your self
April fool
APRIL FOOL.
Pls stop posting from ur dream
April 4 fools
It may be true.
U think say Igbo man go see where e dey see money chop wan comot frm d place na lie rather he go like to die there.
It is a known fact worldwide that Yorubas especially one like u are notorious with the doing of all unprintable things for money: killing or poisoning fellow human beings for money.
It is a known fact that u urself know so i dnt need to argue wit u.
We hope for a better replacement.
Igbo man?? In this century?? Resigned?????
I know that this is simply April fool.
He was advised to resign. He wanted it same way. He was an agent to sabotage change. He wasn’t ready for the truth. Would it be proper for a Minister just to be sacked like that. You should remember Buhari made some statement last week that some Ministers will be fired very soon if otherwise. He talks anyhow and this is not good for his calibre. He can bring in crisis to a nation. See what he is saying again-he resigned. Ibo man can never resign such position not in this century or our time.
He has not resigned, he is very one to fix d problems. People just want to discredit him. Ride on lbe God is with u.
The words that came of his mouth alone as NNPC boss are enough to cause FUEL SCARCITY.
But i heard this man said that by the 7th of this month fuel scarcity would be end. He said in this morning.
APRIL FOOL
That is very good
They are telling lies
Nobody ever resign in Nigeria. This is bad April fool joke.