NANS demands NNPCL GMD, Mele Kyari’s removal, petrol price reduction

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Wednesday, demanded the sacking of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, for his “incompetence and ineptitude in handling the Dangote Refinery and obvious conflict of interest in the fuel racketeering scheme”, Punch reports
Punch said that the student body also demanded an immediate reduction in the price of petrol, threatening it would go on strike if the demands were not met by the Federal Government.

NANS made the demands at its 74th Senate sitting in Kano, where it also warned tertiary institutions against arbitrary increases in tuition fees on the back of the rollout of the student loan by the Federal Government.

In a Wednesday statement signed by its Senate President, Okunomo Adewumi, NANS said its 74th Senate sitting was convened to engage “in a thorough deliberation on the precarious state of our nation.”

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“We express our profound dismay and disillusionment with the current economic trajectory, which has precipitated unprecedented hardship and suffering for Nigerian citizens.

“We call on the government to immediately reduce the cost of petrol. Failure to comply will leave us no option but to mobilise and take to the streets in protest.

“We demand the immediate sack of the NNPC GCEO, Mr. Mele Kyari, for his incompetence and ineptitude in handling the Dangote refinery and obvious conflict of interest in their fuel racketeering scheme.

“We also demand that the CBN Governor takes immediate action to stabilise the naira-dollar exchange rate, bringing it down to a maximum of N600 per dollar within 30 days. Failure to comply will result in calls for his removal from office,” the student body said.

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