Lawyers Write Tinubu Demand Sack Of NNPCL GMD For Fuel Scarcity
They also called for an overhaul of NNPCL to bring meaningful change to its activities and impact in the country.
The lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Nigerian Legal Practitioners Monday, claim the sack of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Engr Mele Kyari, was imperative over scarcity and arbitrary hikes in the prices of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, across the country.
In a petition signed by Bernard Adesina, Peter Agbonghan, Igwe Chukwudi, and others also called for an overhaul of NNPCL to bring meaningful change to its activities and impact in the country.
According to them, as concerned citizens, they are calling on Tinubu to sack Kyari because of the recent hike in the pump prices of petrol, its unwarranted scarcity across the country and the attendant hardship on Nigerians, which has drastically affected the livelihoods of millions of citizens.
Meanwhile, the petitioners in the letter to the President through the chambers of E. A. Onukaogu & Co., also copied the Speaker of the House of Representatives, National Security Adviser, Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) and Inspector General of Police.
They vowed to mobilise 1,000 lawyers to march to the NNPCL headquarters on November 2, 2023, to register their displeasure.
The lawyers further said, “To demonstrate the gravity and urgency of the situation, we will mobilize over 1,000 lawyers to hold a National Press Conference and Rally on the 2nd of November 2023 in which Nigerian news organizations in the print, radio, TV, and online media will be invited as we give voice to the pains and anguish of millions of Nigerians caused by the unwarranted, insensitive and callous hike in the pump price of petrol despite the excruciating pains Nigerians are already suffering because of the present dire economic situation, and also the inexplicable scarcity of petroleum products.
“We have also concluded plans to proceed to court to ensure that our demands are met.
“We therefore urge you (Tinubu) to use your good office to take immediate and necessary decisive actions to address the present issue of fuel crisis.
“We equally urge the President to assess the performance of the NNPCL’s Board of Directors and the current GCEO, dissolve/sack them and that expected sanctions be meted out in order to save Nigerians from this unnecessary crisis and hardship.”
The lawyers said an overhaul of the NNPCL was needed to bring significant changes to the company.