The National Assembly Joint Committee on Oil and Gas has summoned the Minister of State (Petroleum Resources), Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Minister of State (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo, following their failure to appear before it yesterday.

The committee ordered the duo to appear before it on Monday or risk facing legislative action from the National Assembly.

The joint committee comprises the Senate House of Representatives Committees on Gas and all the Committees on Petroleum (Downstream, Midstream and Upstream) of both chambers.

The two ministers were scheduled to appear to defend their budgets on Thursday but none of them did. They did not also send representatives

Speaking on the actions of the ministers, the Chairman Senate Committee on Gas, Jarigbe Jarigbe lamented that the meeting was earlier scheduled for Wednesday but it was postponed because of the absence of the ministers.

Speaking on behalf of the House Committees, Alhassan Doguwa (APC, Kano), who is the Chairman of the Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), said the actions of the ministers contradict the message of collaboration preached by President Bola Tinubu.