The senate is set to probe the allegations made by Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, against Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). In a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, Kachikwu alleged that Baru was sidelining him and the NNPC board from important decisions affecting the corporation.
The Minister stated that the oil firm announced a massive shakeup affecting 55 staff and to his surprise, the NNPC Board which he chairs, had no input.
On Wednesday, the senate while considering a motion on ‘allegations of corruption against NNPC trading: time to conduct a holistic investigation’, resolved to probe the allegations after Kabir Marafa drew the attention of the lawmakers to them.
Aliyu Wamakko, a senator representing Sokoto, is the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee charged with investigating the allegations.
Other members of the committee included Senators Tayo Alasuadura, Marafa, Albert Akpan Bassey, Anyanwu, Ahmed Ogembe, Rose Oko and Baba Kaka Garbai.
