Mele Kyari’s Swift Efforts

The new era is upon us in Nigeria and things are getting heated up very fast. Much is expected of the new President, Bola Tinubu. Considering the needed urgency of these expectations, people are very sensitive about everything he does. This is why the recent promptings of Mele Kyari, the Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) are all well-timed and worthy of commendation.

It is no secret that the fuel subsidy policy has been forced to pass away. During his inauguration, President Tinubu reminded Nigerians of the plans of the former administration to put an end to the policy, creating avenues to better serve Nigerians from the revenue to be preserved from the subsidy deal. Although Tinubu means well, the people panicked, translating into long queues in filling stations and continuing rising prices of fuel.

However, Kyari has stepped into the situation and has started to assure Nigerians that the queues will soon disappear along with the perceived scarcity of fuel. According to him, once considerations have been addressed for buyers and marketers, thus checkmating every possible lapse and oversight, the issues will be resolved naturally, bringing much relief to everyone involved.

Kyari also took time to explain some of the delays in the proceedings. According to him, the subsidy arrangement which is now mentioned in the past tense has affected the functioning of NNPC recently. Although this more easily reflects on the federal government than on NNPC, Kyari is confident that they can work things out for the betterment of Nigerians worrying over the difficulties arising from queues at filling stations and unreasonable fuel prices.

Kyari’s reassurance has proved useful. Following how this worked out the last time something like this happened, it is obvious that the man has the ears of the people. No wonder he did not delay before making efforts to allay fears and make active moves to change things for the better.