President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to succeed the long-serving Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Mr. Abdullah al-Badri. The news of Alison-Madueke’s nomination was disclosed by Iraq’s oil minister, Abdul Kareem Luaibi, on Tuesday, according to a Reuters report. Her nomination is coming at a time that the minister is facing intense pressure back home to extricate herself from a series of scandals linked to her.
The proposal by the Federal Government, Luaibi said, was intended to solve the deadlock over the post created by opposing candidates from Saudi Arabia and Iran. If the Nigerian candidacy is successful, Alison-Madueke will be the oil exporter group’s first female in the post. OPEC is to meet today (Wednesday). The minister is currently being investigated by the House of Representatives for allegedly spending N10bn to charter a private jet for two years. She has, however, made repeated attempts to foil the probe by the House.
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