Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Discrepancies in Fuel Imports Between 2015-2023, Call for Forensic Audit of NNPCL
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Members of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Volume of Fuel Consumed Daily in the country have raised alarm over discrepancies in the importation and supply of petrol between 2015 and 2023 by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
The Committee has therefore called for forensic audit of the NNPCL to carry out investigation on the discrepancies.
The forensic audit is expected to give clarity on Direct Sale, Direct Purchase (DSDP) programme and the consortiums of DSDP operators.
In a report adopted at plenary on Wednesday, the Committee found that there were no data to conclusively arrive at the daily consumption of petrol, hence records or information on the daily dispense at the various retail outlets/fueling stations were not readily available, according to news report by Thisday Newspapers..
The ad-hoc committee chaired by Abdulkadir Sa’ad Abdullahi was reported as saying that “ it extracted information from the NNPCL submission in comparison with the Nigerian Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the Nigerian Navy (NN) and Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) relating to the crude oil lifted under the DSDP programme operated by the NNPCL within the period of Year 2016-2021”/.
“The committee therefore found that the sum total of 974,550,000 Barrels (BBL) of crude was designated as the domestic quota for the year 2016-2021 available for the DSDP programme, from the record of NUPRC.
“It also found that, “the total sum of crude lifted under the DSDP program within 2016-2021 from the record of NNPCL was 738,759,194 (BBL) while record from the NUPRC indicates a sum total of 733,260,525 (BBL), with a difference of 5,498,669 (BBL) when compared with the NNPCL record”, according to Thisday report.
Part of the report reads, “The record from the NMDPRA indicates a sum total of 732,319,016 (BBL), with a difference of 6,440,178 (BBL) when compared with the NNPCL record.
“The record from the NN indicates a sum total of 989,562,195 (BBL), with 250,803,001 (BBL) in excess, when compared with the NNPCL record, and the record from the NCS indicates a sum total of 498,647,923.318 (BBL).”
The adhoc committee also noted that the daily average of PMS supply within the years 2017 to 2022, as presented by NMDPRA was at variance with the other stakeholders such as the NNPCL.,according to Thisday Newspaper report.
The Committee has therefore called for forensic audit of the NNPCL to carry out investigation on the discrepancies.
The forensic audit is expected to give clarity on Direct Sale, Direct Purchase (DSDP) programme and the consortiums of DSDP operators.
In a report adopted at plenary on Wednesday, the Committee found that there were no data to conclusively arrive at the daily consumption of petrol, hence records or information on the daily dispense at the various retail outlets/fueling stations were not readily available, according to news report by Thisday Newspapers..
The ad-hoc committee chaired by Abdulkadir Sa’ad Abdullahi was reported as saying that “ it extracted information from the NNPCL submission in comparison with the Nigerian Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the Nigerian Navy (NN) and Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) relating to the crude oil lifted under the DSDP programme operated by the NNPCL within the period of Year 2016-2021”/.
“The committee therefore found that the sum total of 974,550,000 Barrels (BBL) of crude was designated as the domestic quota for the year 2016-2021 available for the DSDP programme, from the record of NUPRC.
“It also found that, “the total sum of crude lifted under the DSDP program within 2016-2021 from the record of NNPCL was 738,759,194 (BBL) while record from the NUPRC indicates a sum total of 733,260,525 (BBL), with a difference of 5,498,669 (BBL) when compared with the NNPCL record”, according to Thisday report.
Part of the report reads, “The record from the NMDPRA indicates a sum total of 732,319,016 (BBL), with a difference of 6,440,178 (BBL) when compared with the NNPCL record.
“The record from the NN indicates a sum total of 989,562,195 (BBL), with 250,803,001 (BBL) in excess, when compared with the NNPCL record, and the record from the NCS indicates a sum total of 498,647,923.318 (BBL).”
The adhoc committee also noted that the daily average of PMS supply within the years 2017 to 2022, as presented by NMDPRA was at variance with the other stakeholders such as the NNPCL.,according to Thisday Newspaper report.
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