Admin l Tuesday, May 23, 2017
LAGOS, Nigeria – Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu has said that he will resign as a minister if Nigeria continues to import fuel by 2019.
The minister who spoke on BBC promised to see to it that the refineries were completed to ensure that there is a future for oil in Nigeria and that 2019 has been set as the target for Nigeria to become self-sufficient in refining petroleum and put an end to importation of fuel.
“2019 is the target time… I target 2019. If I don’t achieve it, I will walk…I put the date and I will achieve it.”
“I have delivered on all that I have promised when I came into office. First, I took Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and made it a profit- making organization. This is the first time such is happening. I reshaped the organization. I removed cash call deficits of over $ 6 billion and renegotiated it. I will deliver on the refineries and I’m committed to it.
” I will deliver a future for oil that makes sense for Nigeria. I can ’t pretend that we’re going to solve in one day all the problems that happened in Nigeria in the past,” he said.
