On Monday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, sacked a powerful ad hoc committee probing NNPC Limited after weeks of infighting among members.
In the past couple of weeks, the House had been divided between lawmakers supporting the Group Managing Director of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, and the anti-Kyari team, forcing the leadership to take action.
The joint committee, co-chaired by Ikenga Ugochinyere and Henry Okojie, had become powerful due to the tasks it was given by the House.
Worst still, the committee became tainted with allegations bothering on inducement prior to the inauguration of the House’s standing committees.
Until its unceremonious disbandment, the Committee was investigating the alleged importation of adulterated petroleum products, the acquisition of Oando’s assets by NNPC Retail, the dispute between Dangote Refinery and NNPC Limited, and other issues.
However, the responsibility of probing NNPC Limited became the Waterloo of the Committee, with many lawmakers backing Mele Kyari.