Senate May Summon Buhari Over Incessant Fuel Scarcity

President Muhammadu Buhari may be summoned by the Nigerian Senate over the incessant fuel scarcity in the country.
The motion to summon the president, according to Linda Ikeji, was presented by Eyinnaya Abaribe, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator representing Abia south in the Senate today, November 25.
He asked the House to summon President Buhari who is also Nigeria’s minister petroleum, to come to the Senate and explain the reason for the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
According to him, since Buhari is in charge of Nigeria’s petroleum resources, he should be made to answer all questions bothering on same sector.
Check out some tweets by the Nigerian Senate on the fuel scarcity issue today:

President Muhammadu Buhari may be asked to explain the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.

Senator Paulker (Bayelsa Central) speaks on the motion on #FuelScarcity and says something is wrong in the petroleum supply chain.

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 24, 2015

Senator Paulker says the petroleum minister should be invited to tell the Senate and Nigerians what is actually happening. #FuelScarcity

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 24, 2015

Senator Abaribe (Abia South) now takes the floor to speak on the motion on #FuelScarcity. He says ‘change has come but there is no change’.
— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 24, 2015

Senator Abaribe further says the queues are still there and petroleum subsidy payment is still around. He asks “where is the change?”
— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 24, 2015

Nigerians have continued to groan over the hardship which the continuous scarcity of fuel in the country has caused, and have increasingly asked for a quick solution to it before it goes way out of hand.

As at the time of filing this reports, the president and the state minister for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu are both in Iran for the 3rd Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF).
The pair are expected back in the country later today.
Meanwhile, the president has said that the looters of Nigerian funds have started returning the stolen funds with them.