NNPC SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FROM 1978 TO DATE

Following the successes of the recent elections in Nigeria and the beginning of transition of power from the Goodluck led administration to the incoming Buhari government the issue of corruption in public offices has been at the forefront of political discourse. As citizens and stakeholders in Nigeria we are advocates for justice that allow for the right decisions to be taken in governance which is the way forward for sustainable Nigeria.
We welcome any probe done in fairness and transparent in the eyes of Nigerians. That is if we must probe any office, then we must probe all and not go back to the era of selective probes. The impact of corruption in our country cannot be quantified and to eradicate corruption in the oil and other sectors past leaders and administrations should be investigated.

The NNPC since its creation had been a conduit for many administrations both past and present. We wish to remind Nigerians that there is need for the incoming government to look into 2011 forensic report carried out by KPMG which showed the NNPC had transparency issues, violation of regulations, illegal deductions of state funds and billions of naira missing. The auditor also discovered that from 2007 to 2009 funds were deducted in subsidy claims to the tune of 28.5 billion naira and not accounted for.

Willbros in May 2008 admitted to corrupt payments of about $6.3 million to NNPC officials and ABB Vetco Gray an American company also bribed the same. In addition to this, during the Obasanjo regime from 1999 to 2003 the country had no minister for petroleum. All these allegations of corruption especially the ones against that regime should be investigated.

Furthermore, investigating the allocations and issuing licenses for oil wells and marginal fields in the country by previous government since 1978 is important for if justice have to be served. Also, the $12.4billion Gulf Oil War windfall of 1991 during the IBB regime should be also looked.

Finally, justice for every Nigerian is an investigation of NNPC since 1978 to the Goodluck administration. The President-elect has shown his commitment to fighting corruption but he must remember not to pursue a vindictive agenda and carry the country forward.
Dr. Abubakar Salim
abubakar.salimi@yahoo.com
Collective for Nigerian Democratic and Economic Sustainability

it will take an unbiased political will to conduct a probe into Nnpc as far back as 1978.
do you have the names that will be called for clarifications both local and international,dead and alive!
hian!
it is a big goose chase!

It very possible