The Senate says it has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the use to which the sum of $3.5bn alleged subsidy was put.
This was contained in a tweet on the verified Twitter handle of The Nigerian Senate, @NGRSenate.
“Senator Bassey Akpan cited Orders 43 and 95 and drew the attention of the Senate to the various emails and complaints from the general public on the unauthorised withdrawal of $3.5bn by NNPC from the NLNG account,” the Senate added
“I ask that the Senate Committee on Gas immediately investigate this matter,” Senator
Bassey Akpan said; while Senator Emmanuel Paulker urged that “The ad hoc committee that was set up should carry on with their work, while the Committee on Gas should also investigate the matter.”
The tweets read,
“An adhoc committee was set up to investigate the $3.5 billion NNPC Subsidy use. The particular issue of $1.05 that Nigeria took from NLNG came up. I don’t think the Senate committee on Gas should investigate this; we are doing that.”- Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan.
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 6, 2018
“The Ad- Hoc Committee that was set up should carry on with their work, while the Committee on Gas should also investigate the matter.” – Senator Emmanuel Paulker.
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 6, 2018
Senator Bassey Akpan cites Orders 43 & 95 and brings the attention of the Senate to various emails and complaints from the general public on the unauthorized withdrawal of $3.5 billion by NNPC from the NLNG Account.#TodayInSenatePlenary
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 6, 2018
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