By Haruna Salami
The Senate has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) three weeks to respond to queries raised against it in the audit reports of 2017 to 2023, alleging N210 trillion unaccounted for.
The Chairman Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC), Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu (Nasarawa West) who stated this on Tuesday at a meeting with NNPCL management explained that the amount in question was neither stolen nor missing, but yet to be accounted for.
The three weeks window for explanations was given to the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Engr. Bayo Ojulari after accepting his apology for past failure to appear before it.
Ojulari had after his apology to the committee, explained to its members that for satisfactory response from him on the 19 queries raised, he needed more time to dig into the technicalities and perspectives of issues raised.
“I’m just over 100 days in the office as the GCEO of NNPCL. I still need time to do further digging , given the perspectives I have heard concerning the issues.”
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