…As Senate probes fuel allocation mess
•Flings away reporters’ recorders, cameras
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday, barred reporters covering the Senate from recording verbal proceedings of her meeting with the Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Committee. The minister, who arrived late to the meeting fixed for 3p.m, blatantly turned down all entreaties by reporters to record the proceedings of the meeting convened by the Senator Magnus Abe-led committee.
The meeting, Daily Sun learnt, was to proffer solutions to the perennial fuel scarcity across the country and disparity in the price of PMS. Meanwhile, three reporters had sought to have the minister on tape during the questions and answer session but the security details attached to her, seized their tape recorders and threw them away. When the matter was brought to the notice of the committee chairman, Senator Abe, ordered the minister’s security details to behave or be arrested.
By then, the minister had stepped out of the meeting. But when she returned to her seat, some reporters again, attempted to record the minister’s response to questions posed to her by the committee on the state of the promised Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the country’s oil refineries.
The attempt also met a brickwall as her security details, again, prevented the newsmen from recording the session. At that juncture, Senator Abe intervened and directed the reporters to position their recorders to record the minister. Rather than allow the midgets to be placed in front of her, the minister, this time around, seized the midget, belonging to the Daily Trust reporter and threw it away. The minister muttered that she wouldn’t want the voice recorders placed directly in front of her.
Another female reporter was outrightly blocked from placing her midget before the minister. It was that point that some newsmen got angry and stormed out of the meeting. Earlier, Senator Abe had queried the management of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) for ceding its power of allocation of petroleum products to oil unions in its locations.
This practice, the committee noted, had led to the disparity in PMS pricing across the country with some filling stations selling at N97 while others sell at between N110 and N115. This, the committee said was unacceptable. Abe said: “ Go back and address the problem at the depots; bring some sort of order to the loading points.
When we went on sight of some of the refineries and the loading depots, some of the marketers complained bitterly about how unions have taken over the duty of the PPMC. “Some have been on queues since 2011 yet only NNPC trucks are allowed to load products. Human beings should not be treated like that. Check how the allocations are being done because we heard, in the course of our oversight that allocations are being done by the unions.” “I wonder how and why you ceded your powers to the union because you are ultimately responsible…We need to see changes please. “Bring order to loading points. Look at the template on how products are being distributed…Ceding powers to unions is not the situation. There must be a review. Changes must be brought to the system…”
Meanwhile, Major Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) representative, Mr. Olawore has unveiled the cabal which operates at depots. The hidden costs inputed into petroleum products, it was learnt, are coordinated principally by security agents and the unions. Olawore confirmed to the committee that there are hidden costs which are pushed “There are hidden costs. There’s no way 5,000 people would be chasing small volume of products and certain people won’t want to play fast.
Even from people complaining to you, they have their own people collecting from these security agencies who along the line, collect money from them. “You go home with official receipt collected from the PPMC and other receipts. For major marketers, the chain is very short because of our name and power, not many people come to us…” PPMC Managing Director, Haruna Momoh told the committee that 774 vandalized points between Enugu and Aba alone have been identified. He said a deadline of December 25 has been set for repairs of the pipelines.
This is an executive misconduct of the highest order.
Nigeria and racketing. This is another plot to undermine fuel subsidy. Senate pls act fast
Nigeria and racketing. This is another plot to undermine fuel subsidy. Senate pls act fast cos the common man is suffering. GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!!
This woman again, when we wanted her out because of malpractices, she is still flexing her muscles. What is now Happening to the US president that he did not know its root, but he failed to acknowledge that Jesus is Lord when he sided Dont Say Dont Talk issue all to the glory of licifer, but putting our one and only Jehova God to shame on that Gay and Lesbian matter. So also will president Goodluck Jonathan will have his own share when he will be in full gear ready for his sec ond term in office. Mrs Deziani Allison Madueke must be thrown out of the system first before anything like second term will be listening to by the creator. Mrs Madueke is the one and only Worst minister of Petrolium the country ever produced, she and other bad Eggs as ministers should with immediate effect leave the country alone, credible people should be put in their place, or else the present Govt will be the shortest and the Worst in the history of the country.
That woman cannot change. I do not know what Jona sees in that woman toto. The thing never tayaram ?? Na wao. All I know be say she cannot kill Dame for her thing. The yeye thing no even get respect to elected officials again. Let her contest election and test her popularity.
You are crude, uncouth and uncivilised! Mrs Allison – MADUEKWE is doing a difficult job well!
This woman definitely will pay for the crime she is committing with all these oil thieves.Can she claim ignorant of all the atrocities that those people have been committing against Nigerians.In a sane clime she should not still be sitting there not no imagine her dictating whether to or not to air her speech.Nigeria belongs to all of us that she is privileged to be the minister today does not indicate that she will always have her way.Even past presidents do have their share of life after the office.
Mrs Madueke is not qualified to hold a Ministerial position in Nigeria. She is very selfish and will definitely put GEJ in serious scandal one of these days. Who knows the root cause of Patience’s illness.
The reports that stormed out are irresponsible, if that is how we all storm out in the face of the madness of all these incompetent people that plunder our resources, we’ll all be dead by now.
They should have stayed put and insist on the right of the press to cover the proceedings, it should not be her choice to be covered, the proceedings was not at her instance.
*reporters
Blame the society pls. Madam above the law…..what is she hiding that will not be known someday???
She reports to some one and as well, the Hon member need to officially report this.
Diez is only doing her work and needs our collective support to be upright.Nigeria is no tea party state.they all need our prayer.
I said this before and many other right thinking Nigerians have re echoed this, that this woman Diezani, has brought back all the evils and sufferings we had before the Obasanjo era. unfortunately for us Goodluck JonathAN HAS CONSISTENTLY DISREGARDED ALL CALLS FOR HER REMOVAL.
But God will remove her someday probably with her Jonathan. All the deals and short change she is doing on nigerians today will come to and end very soon. She has all the powers today but shortly God will stripe her of all her evil powers and nigerians shall be free again.
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Anthony Iloegbunam you’re a capital IDIOT. what does this have to do with US president? And wtf is Dont Say Dont Talk??? Fools like you should stay away from American politics and policies and stop trying to compare every stupid thing that happens in Nigeria with America.
Dont Say Dont Talk – POS
What do you expect when you have a square on a round hole. The head is to be blamed!GEJ
Please people making comments on national issues shoiuld learn to respect their leaders and stop making foolish and immoral comments on them.If at all you feel irked on an issue please just register your complaints and make suggestions to them on the way forward. I feel pain when I read irresponsible comments made by people to their fellow human.
Too petty for me. There should respect for leadership. In short the problem of this country truly requires urgent God intervention.
The leadership may have it’s blame, what about we who being led? In a public setting news of how Unity schools conduct entrance exams with out exam numbers nor names only to offer admissions to those who can pay; how jobs are offered to people who did not go through screening nor interviews. Even employment to some notable govt. security Org. Or how university admissions are offered to student who cannot express themselves. Some of university graduates these days should be a reminder that the country is heading for it’s own destruction. Have baked doctors are killing people by their wrong prescription, their Engineers are constructing substandard structures.
My prayer is that those who support these wicked acts be the ones to reap from them.
Let us start by showing good examples where we are!
Righteous Father please have mercy upon us.
I wonder if EFCC are in the know of this. Can evil of this magnitude be happening without the knowledge of the press? Recently, I heard that Nigeria received international recognition for it effort in fighting corruption.
plzzzzzzzzzzz mr president change dat woman frm petroleum ministry she messing nigerias golden sector up! wen prof nnaji did a little mistake he was forced out nw dis woman is too strng to be removed. shame on u GEJ
The attitude exhibited by the minister of petroleum towards the press men is a manifestation of the style of leadership in vogue in the country.She does not find it comfortable that hungry looking press men would focus their stinking camera and midget,madam has become stinkingly rich and wealthy,hence she would not loose anything even if she is removed from office.
If you look at her mouth,you go know how “sweet”and tight yonder go be.I no blame GEJ.If na me,I go marry am put for house.
Evans, I know that that woman is rude and stuborn but it has not got to the extend of insinuating about yr president having an affairs with Mrs Allison Maduekwe or chopping her… But even if Mr. President is chopping her…shld not be a matter of concern b/cos it is a free world.
Gej shud call dis woman 2 order b4 she destroy his government. I wonder if d senate does not have power over such erratic minister. She can even dispay dis even at d presence of senators. Na wao
Our minister should be told to leave the kitchen if it becomes too hot for her. We cannot allow our leaders to rule us in secrecy.
This show the extent of the stupidity of black race.
A public servant behaving like a CEO/DG of a private firm.
She will later go vie for governorship or senator later.
Monkies.