The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has on Monday, called on the Federal Government to find an immediate and credible replacement for President Muhammadu Buhari as Minister of Petroleum Resources, amid the ongoing petrol crisis and scarcity in the country, that has lasted for over one month now, .
This was made known by the Secretary-General of the group, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement.
He warned that “all efforts should be geared towards finding lasting solutions to ensure that these outrageous prices for the petroleum products will not spark national protests against the Federal Government”.
The statement reads: “The burden of leadership on President Buhari is an enormous chore, and additional responsibility as Minister of Petroleum will be a loophole for unpatriotic elements to sabotage and inflict untold hardship on Nigerians.
“Nigerians are facing difficulties now, and additional hikes in prices of petroleum products will make life miserable for Nigerians, but enrich a few unpatriotic elements that control the market forces in the Petroleum sector.
“The situation in the country now is very pathetic, with the return of long queues at Petrol Filling Stations, and return of Black Market on the streets are very worrisome, and all efforts should be geared towards finding lasting solutions to ensure that these outrageous prices for the petroleum products will not spark national protests against the Federal Government, which must be avoided.
“The news of adulterated petroleum products might be a scam, and the avenue for the cartel controlling the Market Forces in the Petroleum sector used to create artificial scarcity, in order to increase the prices of petroleum products for their selfish agenda, and inflict untold hardships on Nigerians to destabilise the country, and additional cost to governance.
“Federal Government should search inwardly for a competent person who will replace President Buhari as the Minister of Petroleum, as soon as possible.”