Maikanti Baru says there is no law requiring him to review or discuss contract matters with the minister of state or the NNPC Board

The NNPC GMD states that what the law stipulates is for the processing and approval of contracts by the NNPC Tenders Board

He says the president in his executive capacity or as minister of petroleum is required by law to approve contracts
The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has given his reasons why he did not seek the permission of the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu or the NNPC board before approving some contracts at the corporation.

Baru has been in the spotlight since Kachikwu in a memo to Buhari detailed several alleged misdeeds against the NNPC GMD, including the unilateral award of hefty oil and gas contracts totaling about N9 trillion.

However, the NNPC boss in a statement on Monday, October 9, stated that there was no law requiring him to review or discuss with the minister of state or the NNPC board, matters relating to the approval of contracts.
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