In view of the the lingering fuel scarcity bedevilling the nation and the hardship Nigerians are facing over the shortage of fuel. The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today (Thursday), ordered the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to cut short its recess and immediately convene a extra-ordinary meeting with industry Nigeria National Petroleum Commission (NNPC), oil marketers and other stakeholders in petroleum industry.

According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, who disclosed this in Abuja, said following the directive, the Committee has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Maikanti Baru and other relevant stakeholders in the petroleum sector to a crucial meeting on Thursday, January 4, 2018.

Senator Kabiru Marafa further added that the meeting, which will be held in the Senate Hearing Room 221 and its proceedings aired live on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), is meant to address the lingering fuel scarcity bedevilling the nation in the last few weeks with a view to putting a complete stop to the unsavoury development.

The Senate, which is presently on Christmas and New Year break is billed to resume Committee work for budget defence on January 9, and commence plenary on January 16.

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