Reps beg Nigerians to end protests
Fifty members of the House of Representatives on Thursday rallied support for the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mele Kyari, and the Chief Executive of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed.
They also appealed for calm while imploring all Nigerians to bring the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests to an end.
The lawmakers faulted the calls for the removal of Kyari and Farouk and described the move as premature.
The lawmakers, led by Billy Osawaru (Edo State) said the call for the sacking of Kyari when an investigation is currently being carried out was an action that is against parliamentary culture.
The deputy spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese had asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately dismiss Kyari for allegedly stifling the economy’s growth due to the oil sector crisis.
Agbese had also called on the President to sack Farouk and other inherited appointees.
But reacting to the call, Osawaru, during a press briefing on Thursday, said it was against parliamentary culture to call for the sack of an official of government when an investigation involving such a person had not been concluded.
