Former Petroleum Minister, Tam David West Called Current Minister Of State For Petroleum Resources Kachukwu 'A Minister Without Portfolio' And Just A Figure Head.
Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as Head of State, Prof. Tam David-West has said that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu is a minister without portfolio who has no say in the administration of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. Speaking during an interview with Punch Newspaper, the outspoken ex-minister said he was flabbergasted when he first read about the $25bn NNPC oil contracts controversy in the newspaper, adding that Kachikwu as a minister of state cannot be a boss of the GMD of an oil industry, who is the livewire of that sector. Read His Exact Words Below: “I don’t know the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, or the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, but what is going on is very embarrassing to Nigeria. This has never happened before. “I had a misunderstanding with my managing director when I was oil minister, but it was well mana...