Responding to criticisms of his management in the wake of the unauthorised bid to reduce questionable expenses by ExxonMobil, Minister of Natural Re-sources, Vickram Bharrat on Tuesday cited his inexperience and that of the Head of the Petroleum Unit, Gopnauth ‘Bobby’ Gossai.
Speaking at a rare press conference, he said that it was a learning and growth process for him at a job he took up in 2020 and in which he endeavours daily to do his best.
And where the Head of the Petroleum Unit was blamed and penalized with a 15-day pay cut and a warning, Bharrat said that he won’t chastise his employee as he has been a diligent worker and asset to the ministry since his employ, and he likened his actions to inexperience and or exuberance.
