Senate indicts NNPC for illegal fuel subsidy, orders N216bn refund
The Senate has declared the current payments by
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for subsidy of premium motor spirit
(petrol) illegal.
It asked the corporation to refund the sum of
N216bn spent for the purpose in 2017 under the guise of “operational costs”
into the Federal Government’s coffers.
The legislature also asked the corporation to stop
further payment of the subsidy, while asking it to pay the arrears owed fuel
marketers.
The legislature also resolved to legalise the
payment by including it in the 2018 budget.
They also called for sanctioning of the officials
involved in the illegal payments.
The Committee on Public Accounts made the
recommendations in its report on the investigation into the illegal subsidy
payments, which was adopted by the Senate at the plenary on Thursday.
Punch
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