Skip to main content

NNPC May Swallow Buhari If…Ex TUC Leader

Former president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Peter Esele Monday said that the National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which is largely seen as corrupt by most Nigerians will prove a tough nut to crack for General Muhammadu Buhari if he does not already have a properly worked out plan to manage the excesses of the organization. Esele also predicted a hard time overall for the country in 2015 because of the ailing economy and poor oil prices. With such a tough environment, Esele noted that the new administration would have a tough time this year. On the current fuel scarcity, Esele said that the marketers wanted their money from the government because they were not confident of getting the amount they were owed from the incoming administration. According to him, without a strong resolve, the NNPC would absorb him (Buhari) into the same system that Nigerians have been crying against. Esele however, noted that being seen as uncorrupt could work well for the administration if Buhari stood his ground and does not allow himself to be enticed like former presidents like Olusegun Obasanjo did. “If the incoming government does not have a plan for the oil sector already, it will have a big problem with (sanitizing) the NNPC. This is because it could become absorbed by the organization. Obasanjo tried to sanitize but was not able to. “What the incoming president has going for him is that people say is that he is not corrupt so people have to follow his lead. But if he lets himself to be absorbed by the NNPC, then there would be a big problem with handling the NNPC,” Esele said. “2015 will be a tough year for Nigeria. Oil is not going to return to 100 or 120 dollars a barrel for the next one. Buhari is going to need all the support he can get to move this country forward.” “The fear of the marketers is that they want their money before the new government comes in on May 29. They will be in for a rougher deal (with the new government) which is why the marketers want their money now.” Esele noted that the marketers, who are still owed around 200billion, are able to hold the whole of Nigeria to ransom because the government does not keep proper records and because they (the marketers) operate a monopoly. This is why deregulation of the sector to break the monopoly is a move that is being called for by the people. “The government and the markers cannot agree on money owed because they (the government) do not keep proper records. If proper records were kept, we would not be held to ransom like this. “The marketers say that the government owed them over 356 billion and the government paid 156billion and therefore still owes them 200billion, which is what they are asking for. “What the marketers want is to collect as much as they can. That is what they are trying to make the government do. They can do this because the market is a monopoly. Nigeria gets its products from only them.”

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How My Daughter Seduced Me To Have Sex With Her – John Awah

“I became attracted to my daughter, when I saw her. And I told her I wanted to show her true love… Actually, she was the person that started it by always changing her cloths in front of me and this attracted me” – Says John Awah, who claimed that the multiple rounds of sex he had with his daughter was ‘consensual’ It sounds bizarre, untrue, and squeamish, but it’s the whole truth. Yes, it actually took place in Nigeria, Lagos, a city where everything seems possible. When Chinyere, 18, decided to leave her mother in Abia State and pay her father, John Awah, a visit in Lagos, she must have been longing for a tender loving care, which fathers give their children. But she surely did not bargain for what she eventually ended up with – steamy sex sessions with her father. Upon her arrival, her father was shocked to his bone marrow that his daughter who left him when she was a year old, had suddenly grown to a full girl, and he suddenly fell in love with her. Awah said: “I became attracted ...
57 comments
Read more

Former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, Is Dead

One of the most iconic captains of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, and former coach of the team, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, is dead, his family has announced. He was 54. Emmanuel Ado a brother to the late coach said the 54-year-old died of Cardiac arrest in the early hours of Today Wednesday, June 8. “With thanksgiving to God, the Ogbuenyi Fredrick Keshi family of Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, announces the death of Mr. Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi,” Mr. Ado said in a statement. He continued “Our son, brother, father, father-in-law, brother-in-law, has gone to be with his wife of 35 years (Nkem ), Mrs. Kate Keshi, who passed on on the 9th December 2015. “Since her death, Keshi has been in mourning. He came back to Nigeria to be with her. He had planned to fly back today Wednesday, before he suffered a cardiac arrest. He has found rest.” Though deeply mourning the shock exit, Mr. Ado said the family remained grateful to God for th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Emmanuel Babayaro’s Séxcapade With Actress, Biola Ige, At Oriental Hotel

According to what Aproko247 reported; Emmanuel Babayaro may not be too popular like his other brother, Celestine Babayaro, a former player of Chelsea FC of England and ex-Nigerian international, but he is very popular with the entertainment industry where he is also a player. Emmanuel can also not be forgotten because of his role in the golden days of the Nigerian football where he was part of the team that won gold medal for Nigeria at the Atlanta 96 Olympics Games held in the United States of America where he was as a goalkeeper along with Dosu Joseph who manned the poles for Nigeria for most of the matches played. As a singer and actor himself, one cannot but agree that he is also a player in the entertainment industry even though he may not be a major player there. What one of our correspondents authoritatively got from sources within popular hotel in Lekki, Lagos, Oriental Hotel, which is thought to be owned by former Lagos State governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, is that Emmanuel and ...
Post a Comment
Read more