Okonjo-Iweala, Allison-Madueke, NNPC Grilled Over Fuel Scarcity

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Fuel Scarcity, Senate Summons Okonjo-Iweala, Allison-Madueke, NNPC

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke have been ordered by the Joint Senate Committees on Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream) on Friday to appear before it on Monday next week over the brewing fuel crisis in the country.

Also to appear before the committee are the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Managing Director, Petroleum Pricing and Regulatory Agency; and the Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources.

Representatives of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria; Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Road Transport Owners, are also expected to answer questions from the senators at the National Assembly Complex by 10:00am.

In a statement issued in Abuja by the Chairmen of the two committees, Senators Emmanuel Paulker (Upstream) and Magnus Abe (Downstream), they stated that the invitation of the public officers and groups was as a result of the assignment given to them by the senate.

The statement read that the Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, had on Thursday drew the attention of the Senate to the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country and the untold hardship on the average Nigerian.

It noted that Ningi had also tasked the federal parliament to look into the matter with a view to finding the causes and lasting solution to the problem.

It stated that it was in view of the development that the Senate directed its committees on Downstream Petroleum sector and Petroleum Resources (Upstream), to investigate the matter and brief the Upper Chamber about their findings, next Tuesday.

The statement explained that the invitation was extended to the affected individuals, agencies and groups inorder to obtain adequate information that would be needed to write their report for submission to the whole house.

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