NNPC
GMD, Baru has explained that the law doesn't mandate him to discuss
contractual talks in the state-owned oil company with Havard-trained
junior minister, Ibe Kachikwu.
Maikanti Baru and Ibe Kachikwu
The Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, on Monday officially responded to the recent allegations of insubordination and corruption levelled against him by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu.
According to the NNPC, the response was following a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to Baru and his team, mandating them to react to the issues raised in the petition that was written by Kachikwu.
“Following the publication of alleged lack of adherence to due
process in the award of NNPC contracts, the President ordered the Group Managing Director and Management of the NNPC to consider and respond expeditiously to the allegations,”
the corporation said in a detailed response issued by its Group General
Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on
Monday.
The oil firm stated that the substance of the allegations made by
Kachikwu in a letter to the President dated 30th of August 2017, was
that a number of “major contracts were never reviewed or discussed with
me (Kachikwu) and the NNPC Board.
The NNPC stated that it was “important to note from the outset
that the law and the rules do not require a review or discussion with
the Minister of State or the NNPC board on contractual matters.
“What is required is the processing and approval of contracts
by the NNPC Tenders Board, the President in his executive capacity or as
Minister of Petroleum, or the Federal Executive Council, as the case
may be. There are therefore situations where all that is required is the
approval of the NNPC Tenders Board while, in other cases, based on the
threshold, the award must be submitted for presidential approval.
Likewise, in some instances, it is FEC approval that is required.”
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