Once more, petroleum Minister Apologises To Nigerians

Mr Kachikwu alongside 5 other ministers rendered account of what had been done in terms of presidency policies since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration throughout the second federal government town hall Meeting in Kaduna State.

Dr. Kachikwu told the gathering that the three refineries in Nigeria were back, working along for the first time in nearly a decade.

He, however, pointed out that though the refineries weren't operating to the capability he would like to see them, a lot a lot of work still required to be done to urge into the level of performance that he needed.

“For the first time, we have pipelines delivering fossil fuel to the refineries each from Brass to Port Harcourt and from Escravos to Warri.

“This is the first time that went on in eight years.


“For the first time in twenty years, we took the daring audacity to go ahead and take a look at and reconstitute Nigerian National crude Corporation. Unless we do that, the issues of transparency, staff morale and direction of policies can ne'er work. We have with success done that which took huge amounts of labor,” he stressed.

He pointed out that he was doing his best to contend with the fuel crisis, the worst that the nation had experienced within the last decade.

“The reality is that as long as the refineries don't add absolutely prime capability, as long as we do not have the interchange to herald the merchandise and also the worth of crude continues to slip, we can have issues with fuel. You have to use brain work to that,” he told the gathering.

He urged Nigerians to be patient, as the government puts strategies in situ to form gasolene on the market.

The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, listed efforts that were being made by the current administration to plug leakages and guarantee answerableness within the use of funds.

“We have put in place many measures to make sure that price potency in management of all categories of revenue.

“The Single Treasury Account is one of these measures,” she said.

According to her, the government incorporates a very sturdy implementation arrange that ensures effective interaction with Ministry Departments Agencies to seek out out capital comes that resources would be discharged for, with assurance that the projects would be undertaken.

“We are moving away from giving funds on a quarterly basis for capital comes to substantiative what's needed, and releasing funds on a project by project basis,” she stated.