I WILL BE MINISTER OF PETROLUEM.

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that
he will head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources
in the new cabinet.
He also disclosed that he will appoint a minister
of state for the ministry.
Addressing reporters in New York on Tuesday,
after addressing a Global Leaders’ Summit on
Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism, he said: “I
wil remain Minister of Petroleum.
“I will appoint a minister of State for Petroleum”.
Buhari explained that he made the decision as
part of efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s oil industry
which is said to be plagued by corruption,
massive fraud, and crude oil theft.
Buhari restated his determination to sanitise
Nigeria’s oil industry and free it from corruption
and shady deals.
He said that the first step in that direction had
already been taken with the appointment of a new
management for the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and its subsequent re-
organisation.
Buhari further pledged that the federal
government would fight corruption, because it
had been identified as the root of all problems
hindering Nigeria as a nation.