In a bold demonstration of transparency the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has called for a forensic audit to be conducted on money spent by it for the stabilisation of C from January to September 2024.
The NNPCL Group Chief Executive, Mele Kyari, also said the Company’s revenue projection for 2025 will be disclosed after the meeting of the board of directors of the Company in two weeks.
Kyari while presenting the company’s revenue generation performance to a joint Finance Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Wednesday, said, “Until 1st October 2024, NNPCL, as mandated by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), acted as the supplier of last resort, which required a forensic audit to know how much NNPCL is being owed or owing any Agency.
“Our transactional account is very transparent, which is published every year, making NNPCL the only company in Nigeria noted for that and also the highest taxpayer in the country as well as the highest payer of royalty and dividends to shareholders as a commercial national oil company.”
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He said the NNPCL remitted N10 trillion into the federation account as of September 2024 and is the only company in Nigeria that publishes 100 per cent of its account yearly and the highest tax and dividend payer in the country.
According to him, the oil price template of $74 was realistic and realisable.
