Chairman of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Abdulmumi Jibrin was wrong on his claim that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) did not remit N320.654bn to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, the Corporation has said.
“We refer to a statement credited to Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, alleging that the NNPC has short-changed the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee to the tune of N320.654 billion between January and September,” Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs of NNPC, Ms Tumini Green, wrote in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja.
“The figure did not emanate from the NNPC; it only exists in the imagination of the peddler.”
According to the statement, the management of NNPC had been operating an open-door policy and would have responded if the member had requested to be informed on the issues raised. It recalled that the House Committee on Petroleum, Upstream, another committee that is one of the three saddled with oversight function on NNPC, was at the corporation’s headquarters on 26th September 2013 to obtain all facts relating to oil production and sales from the NNPC management.
“Members of the committee sought clarifications on a number of issues and were pleased with the explanations given,” Green’s statement went on.
“The committee indeed commended NNPC management for its openness and unprecedented disclosure of information on its operations and activities. We note that the said member of the House of Representatives was not on that delegation.”
Green concluded that NNPC would always remain open and willing to supply information to stakeholders and members of the public who seek them.
