Buhari Threatened To Sack Me Over Petrol Subsidy Removal — Kachikwu
A former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed that late former President Muhammadu Buhari threatened to sack him if his push to remove petrol subsidy during Buhari’s tenure failed.
Kachikwu, who served as minister between 2016 and 2019, made the disclosure on Monday during a virtual business mentorship lecture series organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board.
He recalled that his biggest challenge as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) in 2015 was the nationwide fuel queues that crippled economic activities.
Kachikwu noted that despite sleepless nights and efforts to ease the crisis, much of the subsidised petrol imported into Nigeria was being smuggled across the borders, making scarcity inevitable.
Kachikwu said he repeatedly asked Buhari to approve a review of pump prices, but the President resisted due to his populist .