“Those planning to protest should save fuel I am not going to resign” - Ibe Kachikwu

In Abuja as part of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, closing remarks while briefing the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), the lingering scarcity of petroleum products across the country he said he would not resign.

Urging all those planning to protest against him in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital to save their fuel,he said

“All those planning to come to Abuja for a protest should save their fuel, I am not going to resign, I have a lot of work to do,”

According to him, he did not accept to be minister of petroleum in order to create scarcity.

The minister assured that he would work hard to find lasting solutions to the problems in the industry.

Mr Kachikwu said he was pained as much as many Nigerians were that the country still suffered petroleum scarcity in spite of being one of the largest producers of crude oil in the world.