It’s not a good suggestion for the President to function each the minister of petroleum and the governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN), in keeping with Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the previous governor of the CBN.…CONTINUE READING

Talking on the 2023 Financial institution Administrators Summit in Abuja, Sanusi claimed that since there was a petroleum minister in place when he was the governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, he might criticize Alison Diezani anytime she introduced up the NNPC.

Within the report which was made by Sahara Reporters, Sanusi mentioned that the story is totally different now. He mentioned that previously eight years, in the event you speak about petroleum within the nation, some folks would see it as you might be attacking the president because the President is the one performing because the petroleum minister.

He mentioned, “Let me advise that this concept of the President being petroleum minister shouldn’t be a great one. We now have the final presidential minister of petroleum for eight years. After I was governor of the Central Financial institution, we had a petroleum minister. So once I talked concerning the NNPC, I might speak to Diezani.

“Now no one can speak about petroleum as a result of eight years in the event you speak, you might be attacking the president. We want that buffer. Any individual must be there. So a minister must be there. Who’s held accountable by Nigerians?”

It ought to be recalled that the previous president Muhammadu Buhari had doubled because the minister of petroleum throughout his time period in workplace.

When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over energy, many had waited to see if he would appoint a minister of petroleum or comply with in Buhari’s footsteps.

However when he appointed his ministers, Tinubu didn’t appoint a petroleum minister, which meant that he was retaining the place as a substantive minister of petroleum.

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