{"id":10070,"date":"2015-10-01T05:26:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T05:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=10070"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:29:27","slug":"buhari-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/buhari-minister","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Appoints Himself\u00a0Oil Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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In addition to being the nation&#8217;s president, Buhari\u00a0will also be the oil minister.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI intend to remain the minister of petroleum resources\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>This is what Buhari told the press in\u00a0an interview at the annual meeting of world leaders at the UN general assembly in New York.\u00a0Buhari prefers to\u00a0take control of the portfolio instead of delegating it. The president will appoint a junior minister who will take care of the\u00a0day-to-day activities while he takes care of recovering the large sums of money stolen over time. Oil revenues represent 70% of Nigeria\u2019s income and the country is facing economic challenges because of the fall of oil prices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_10072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10072\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/553f4d2fbe96f50c54b93acf48fab3af.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/553f4d2fbe96f50c54b93acf48fab3af.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/553f4d2fbe96f50c54b93acf48fab3af-85x60.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/429460514446056793\/\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A corrupt sector<\/h2>\n<p>The state-owned company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, is well-known for being a corrupt organization. The audit firm\u00a0PricewaterhouseCoopers\u00a0was hired to\u00a0investigate\u00a0missing funds\u00a0but was\u00a0was unable to obtain sufficient information.\u00a0Both money and oil were stolen from the establishment. Oil was missing at unmetered oilfield wellheads, pipeline taps and export terminals. Buhari plans to restructure\u00a0the company to improve efficiency and fight corruption.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI haven\u2019t absolutely made up my mind about that,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to see what we have done in reducing the size and redeploying most of the management. We want to see the impact of that before we decide further.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10073\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/c7496098dbd436416ec2e215cdc5464c.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/c7496098dbd436416ec2e215cdc5464c.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/c7496098dbd436416ec2e215cdc5464c-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/c7496098dbd436416ec2e215cdc5464c-85x51.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/362750944962206473\/\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Buhari is not new to the oil business<\/h2>\n<p>In the past, Buhari held key positions in the oil sector. He was appointed petroleum minister in 1976 by president Obasanjo and then chair of the NNPC. In the 90s, he was named\u00a0chair of Petroleum Trust Fund by Sani Abacha.\u00a0Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was also a self-appointed minister of petroleum during\u00a0most of his tenure as a president.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10074\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ef1bf82997d783014d9a8ca995f7816c.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ef1bf82997d783014d9a8ca995f7816c.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ef1bf82997d783014d9a8ca995f7816c-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ef1bf82997d783014d9a8ca995f7816c-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" 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