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 Kyar and the Chief Executive of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed.
The lawmakers faulted the calls for the removal of Kyari and Farouk and described the move as premature and done in and bad faith.
The lawmakers led by Hon. Billy Famous 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.
It will be recalled that the Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. 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 Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the NMDPRA, and other inherited appointees.
But reacting to the call, Osawaru, during a press briefing, said it was against parliamentary culture to call for the sacking of an official of government when an investigation involving such person had not been concluded.
He said it is in the parliamentary culture to afford parties in the investigation of the right for fair hearing and called on the committee handling the probe to be impartial.
He said, “We wish to state that it is in the parliamentary culture to afford parties in an investigation that right to fair hearing. Therefore, the call for removal of anyone while investigation is pending is premature.
“We Therefore call on all Nigerians to be patient and law abiding in expectation of a better Nigeria.”
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