How Buhari Traded NNPC GMD Function For Campaign Investment

via DURUEBUBE

….in the negotiations that added him in
President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of
government vice president of ExxonMobil Africa, Emmanuel Ibe
Kachikwu, as group dealing with Director (GMD) of the Nigeria
country wide Petroleum business enterprise (NNPC).

This however did not come with out a few high stage political
horse buying and selling that places President Buhari’s celebrated integrity
at stake, investigations can reliably monitor.

it could be disclosed that Kachikwu who has before the
dissolution of the board of the NNPC been behind most of
the management’s directives in the oil and gas region is the
candidate of the largest non-public players within the region; the
unabashed controllers of Nigeria’s hydro-carbon future.

Kachikwu turned into brought to Buhari via a collection of oil block
owners that include of former President Ibrahim
Babangida, his side kick commercial enterprise magnate, Nuel Ojei and
Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) earlier than the elections. It wasn’t
their first attempt.

around 2013, the triumvirate met with then President
Goodluck Jonathan and made him an offer: be given Dr
Kachikwu as Petroleum Minister in area of Deziani Alison-
Madueke and they might lower back him maximally within the 2015
elections. The negotiations dragged on and eventually collapsed
whilst President Jonathan called it off.

Then as the 2015 elections loomed and Buhari’s marketing campaign
had to deal with serious economic constraints, he grew to become
to Gen. T. Y. Danjuma for help. Danjuma invited his buddies,
Babangida and Nuel Ojei for a meeting in which a decision was
taken to present their botched plan with Jonathan to Buhari.
Buhari popular to present them the position of the petroleum
minister as a praise for his or her investment. Thereafter billions of
Naira flowed into the Buhari marketing campaign. certainly the institution also
contributed to the Jonathan marketing campaign.

After Buhari’s inauguration, the triumvirate met him with their
candidate in attendance. resources abreast of the negotiations
told the Nigerian times that Buhari announced to the institution a
slight trade within the plan. in keeping with the supply, he informed
them that a group he called “my human beings” would not
comply with cede the position to them as initially planned.
Danjuma changed into left fuming and turned into stated to have challenged

Buhari to be the man he claims to be with the aid of maintaining to the
authentic settlement. The President supplied the GMD’s function
which become flatly rejected. To juice up his provide, he promised
each the GMD and minister of country, petroleum. Danjuma
changed into stated to have pointed out the sheer clumsiness of the
concept. That changed into the point IBB took over a mediatory function.
It became now not clean at press time if the extra provide of
minister of state, petroleum was nevertheless on the desk.

Kachikwu, a reputable operator inside the enterprise owes his rise
inside the industry to his beautiful thoughts and an array of
godfathers inside the industry. Nuel Ojei is the Delta nation born
oil enterprise participant who got here into untold riches whilst IBB
was president. even though, Buhari has repeatedly restated
his readiness to combat vested interest, the latest appointment
virtually goes to reveal how those hobbies ought to effortlessly
weigh down.

Kachikwu hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta nation and a first
magnificence Graduate of law from the college of Nigeria, Nsukka
and the Nigerian law faculty.

the new NNPC leader government additionally has Masters and
Doctorate ranges in regulation from Harvard law faculty.