After Saying He’s Not A Magician, Kachikwu Sets April 7 As ‘Disappearance Day’ For Fuel Queues"

Following backlashes which trailed his comments that the biting
fuel scarcity across parts of the country would linger till May,
Nigeria’s minister of state for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has
apologised to Nigerians for his remarks which included him telling
Nigerians he was “not trained as a magician”.

Kachikwu appeared before a Senate Committee on Petroleum
(Downstream) on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 and gave a
presentation that included saying that the long queues in the
country’s petrol stations would “disappear” on Monday, April 7,
2016.

Kachikwu who is also the group managing director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was summoned to the
Senate to explain the unending fuel shortage in the country.
“By 6th or 7th April, the long queues in filing stations would
disappear,” Kachikwu said.

Kachikwu has faced intense criticism from the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and one of its founders, APC national leader,
Bola Tinubu for his handling of the fuel scarcity.

Surprisingly, a cross section of Nigerians have risen to the
defence of Kachikwu from attacks by the APC, saying that the
APC ought to address the minister of Petroleum who is President
Muhammadu Buhari.