A coalition of Civil Society Organisations operating under the aegis of Civil Society Coalition for Economic Well-being and Good Governance on Thursday
This was contained in a communique issued by the Coalition after a one-day meeting on Wednesday and made available to journalists on Thursday in Abuja.
The Coalition also called for the sack of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, within 78 hours, failure of which they insisted would form part of the reasons for mass protest. “That the Coalition call on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Limited , Mr Mele Abba Kyari within 78 hours.
The communique also called on President Buhari to disband the recently constituted Steering Committee which he made himself Chairman, stressing that he was busy with electioneering campaigns to tackle fuel scarcity. “The CSOs noted that the Nigeria National Petroleum Limited is sole importer of fuel into the country and as privileged officials serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the duo of Mele Abba Kyari and Timipre Sylva have not made deliberate effort to tackle the endless embarrassing fuel scarcity in the country.
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