Tinubu, Want Nigeria Petroleum Company, NNPCL Overhauled Over Petrol Scarcity, Arbitrary Price Hikes

Lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Nigerian Legal Practitioners, on Monday, called for the sacking of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Engr Mele Kyari, over scarcity and arbitrary hikes in the prices of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, across the country.

They also called for an overhaul of NNPCL to bring meaningful change to its activities and impact in the country.

Their demand is contained in a petition addressed to President Bola Tinubu, dated October 30, 2023, with the subject: 'Petition Against The Group Chief Executive Officer Of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), And A Call For His Immediate Sacking' and signed by Bernard Adesina, Peter Agbonghan, Igwe Chukwudi, and others.

According to them, as concerned citizens, they are calling on Tinubu to sack Kyari because of the recent hike in the pump prices of petrol, its unwarranted scarcity across the country and the attendant hardship on Nigerians, which has drastically affected the livelihoods of millions of citizens.

Meanwhile, the petitioners in the letter to the President through the chambers of E. A. Onukaogu & Co., also copied the Speaker of the House of Representatives, National Security Adviser, Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) and Inspector General of Police.