A non-governmental organisation, Niger Delta Frontiers (NDF) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for choosing the current group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, as one of his ministers, saying such appointment is a good omen for the petroleum industry.

A statement signed by the group’s chairman, Austin Egbema, in Abuja yesterday, said the President’s choice of Kachikwu will move the industry forward, saying that the sector has never had it so good.

“Before now, the petroleum industry was in a mess fraught with sharp practices. But now sanity has been restored in the sector since the inception of this administration.

“Therefore if a thoroughbred professional like Mr Ibe Kachikwu is appointed minister of state for petroleum resources, then better times are here for Nigerians. And we believe the President will certainly put a square peg in a square hole,” Egbama said.

NDF added that the NNPC GMD has the requisite capacity and experience to provide the needed services under President Buhari’s watch in order to return Nigeria to the old glorious days…”

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