WHAT IS THE HULLABALOO ALL ABOUT?
For over 40 years, the NNPC as we know it, has been a cesspool of corruption and in the chequered history of the establishment, has been bedevilled with wanton sleaze that appears to have defied redemption. If you call it a mafia structure, you may be right, because, the cartels in its operations have become a behemoth. Only a hurricane in the magnitude of a tsunami can sweep it clean but then, the consequences would be all together fatal for our survival as a country.
OBJ, aware of the rot, was the first President to name himself as the Minister of Petroleum in a bid to contain the plundering. He indeed activated some reforms but only tried. The onslaught on NNPC, operations became more brazen under Jonathan with Deiziani, leading the biggest heist in modern history.
Buhari, came on the scene and retained the same portfolio and rejigged the entire system bringing on board seasoned technocrats to manage the cash cow. And our revenue is tidier and more transparent. The system is not perfect yet but the arbitrariness in past operations is being stemmed.
Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of state for Petroleum and the NNPC GMD, Baru are in eye of the storm because, the system is working as probity that was never in place has been entrenched. Nigerians should be encouraged that issues of gross insubordination and lack of due process is being reported openly, more like blowing the whistle kicking in. If a serving Minister could write a memo reporting perceived misdemeanors to the President, does it equate to the President being corrupt? We miss the point, when we justify corrupt practices on the part of government officials by calling Buhari names, instead of standing up to condemn the act which is what the fight against corruption is all about. Buhari cannot duplicate himself in all the government institutions, he requires all Nigerians to effectively wage the war and save this nation.
Even Jesus, had Judas as one of his twelve disciples, did it nullify what Jesus did or stand for?
If a whole bunch of apples are bad, and you are compelled to choose 10, you would certainly have no other choice than to pick out 10 bad good apples. In order words, the best out of the bad will be chosen.
Look yourself in the mirror and make your own assessment, are you part of the good apple, or bad apple or good bad apple?