ABUJA – The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has written to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), demanding full details of the $20.3 billion said to have been illegally withdrawn from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) account as contained in the audit query of the Auditor General of the Federation now before the Natiional Assembly.
The Committee’s request was contained in a letter with Reference No: HR/PAC/SCO5/9NASS/QUE.9/974 dated 7th December, 2020 signed by its Chairman, Hon. Oluwole Oke(PDP-OSUN) and addressed to the NNPC Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari.
The lawmakers who expressed dissatisfaction with the explanations so far given by NNPC, also asked for the comprehensive financial records of the corporation with expenditure details of funds utilisation from the inception of NLNG to date.