Kachikwu denies memo on petroleum shortage

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu has denied that authorship of a  “July 2017 Memo” in which he purportedly predicted the ongoing shortage of PMS, popularly known as petrol in the country.

A statement released on Wednesday by the spokesperson in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Idang Alibi, reads, “Our attention has been drawn to a message making the rounds on social media of a purported memo by the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu to the President on the fuel crisis.

The message and its content is false.”