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Nigeria - Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, according to a Vanguard interview believes former CBN governor, Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi simply wants to be hostile by claiming some $20bn was missing from the nation's coffers.
"When the former CBN governor came up with the allegation that about $49.8bn of crude oil sales proceeds were not remitted by NNPC, we swung into action with all the relevant agencies to reconcile the figures. When we reconciled the figures down to $10.8bn and some agencies were having a different figure of $12bn, we insisted that the reconciliation must continue because there was still an anomaly; we said we must get down to the bottom of the matter to find out what is really amiss.
"I called the former CBN governor on a particular day, I was abroad for a meeting and we met there and I said, “Governor, I think you and I really need to sit down and thrash out this matter, let us drill down to find out if there was really a gap and what could be the source of the gap”. He said he was very upset and that NNPC wants to finish his reputation and that all sorts of things were being written about him at home and abroad.
"I said, “Well, I don’t think you can blame NNPC but whatever you feel, let us finish the reconciliation and get to the bottom of things”. He said “ok, ok, ok. We had arranged to meet after my return to Nigeria which was in two days’ time. I came back only to hear that earlier on that day he had submitted another report to the National Assembly saying $20bn was the actual amount missing. At that point I said to my people, “We have a problem here, there is clearly a hostile situation in place”.
"A few days later, we appeared before the Senator Makarfi Commttee to defend ourselves over the fresh allegation of unremitted $20bn. We put our papers forward, the Makarfi Committee then went through all the evidence supplied by all the relevant agencies and found that there was no missing $20bn. Despite the fact that the Makarfi Committee declared that no money was missing, the opposition kept insisting that $20bn was missing and they were calling us names.
"That was how the external auditors were called in to look into the whole issue, a situation, I believe, was a very sad indictment on the distinguished Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Because, I don’t think that if a Senate Committee in America makes a finding, it will be disparaged in that manner. What PwC has come out with is that NPDC should remit the balance of the book value of the assets transferred to it which stands at $1.48bn to the Federation Account."
#Nigeria #NNPC #Sanusi #Madueke #Lamido #Kano #EmirofKano
"When the former CBN governor came up with the allegation that about $49.8bn of crude oil sales proceeds were not remitted by NNPC, we swung into action with all the relevant agencies to reconcile the figures. When we reconciled the figures down to $10.8bn and some agencies were having a different figure of $12bn, we insisted that the reconciliation must continue because there was still an anomaly; we said we must get down to the bottom of the matter to find out what is really amiss.
"I called the former CBN governor on a particular day, I was abroad for a meeting and we met there and I said, “Governor, I think you and I really need to sit down and thrash out this matter, let us drill down to find out if there was really a gap and what could be the source of the gap”. He said he was very upset and that NNPC wants to finish his reputation and that all sorts of things were being written about him at home and abroad.
"I said, “Well, I don’t think you can blame NNPC but whatever you feel, let us finish the reconciliation and get to the bottom of things”. He said “ok, ok, ok. We had arranged to meet after my return to Nigeria which was in two days’ time. I came back only to hear that earlier on that day he had submitted another report to the National Assembly saying $20bn was the actual amount missing. At that point I said to my people, “We have a problem here, there is clearly a hostile situation in place”.
"A few days later, we appeared before the Senator Makarfi Commttee to defend ourselves over the fresh allegation of unremitted $20bn. We put our papers forward, the Makarfi Committee then went through all the evidence supplied by all the relevant agencies and found that there was no missing $20bn. Despite the fact that the Makarfi Committee declared that no money was missing, the opposition kept insisting that $20bn was missing and they were calling us names.
"That was how the external auditors were called in to look into the whole issue, a situation, I believe, was a very sad indictment on the distinguished Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Because, I don’t think that if a Senate Committee in America makes a finding, it will be disparaged in that manner. What PwC has come out with is that NPDC should remit the balance of the book value of the assets transferred to it which stands at $1.48bn to the Federation Account."
#Nigeria #NNPC #Sanusi #Madueke #Lamido #Kano #EmirofKano
