ABUJA — A non-governmental organization identified as Youths Arise Undiluted Leadership and Development Initiative (YAULD Initiative), has demanded the replacement of the heads of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The organization asked President Buhari to replace the duo, noting that an apology would not resolve the problem.
Akharame Lucky, national coordinator of YAULD Initiative, indicated this on Thursday at a media briefing in Abuja.
His statement is a reaction to the controversy over the recent importation of petrol with methanol content above Nigeria’s specification.
“It is not enough for the NNPC to offer apologies. Would these apologies automatically restore the several automobiles of our fellow citizens that have been damaged by the substandard petroleum product imported into the country?
“It is now a matter of national security and overriding public interest for the minister of state for petroleum, Timipre Sylva, the GMD of NNPC and CEO of NMDPRA to present to the public the findings of their investigations into the importation of adulterated petroleum products.
“It is now one month since this crisis started. We demand that President Muhammadu Buhari steps in now and replaces the heads of the NMDPRA and the NNPC.
“One thing is obvious: Using NNPC pensioners as regulators in a sector where NNPC itself operates as a behemoth, cannot possibly bode well for Nigeria.
“The president should also set up an independent panel of inquiry into the circumstances that surrounded the importation of the contaminated petroleum products into the country by the NNPC and its contractors. The GMD of the NNPC has offered no reasonable explanation, proffered no working or workable solution to the protracted scarcity, and appeared totally in a quandary. These generally leave room for loss of faith in government,” he said.
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