Senate Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning has directed the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, to investigate the payment of $18.323billion being dividends accrued to the country from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, between 2004 and 2020.
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Chairman of the Committee, Senator Solomon Adeola, gave the directive following disclosures from NLNG officials during the panel’s stakeholders’ interactive session on the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), in Abuja.
Adeola, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Kayode Odunaro, in Abuja, the AGF was mandated to investigate the amount was actually remitted to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and how much was actually remitted to the Federation Account.
The AGF was also to determine if there was any deduction by NNPC, how much was deducted and who authorized the deductions as well as the exchange rates that applied for the amount that was remitted over the years under reference.
According to the statement, Mrs. Eyono Fatai-William, the general manager (External Relations and Sustainable Development) of NLNG had presented a financial summary of the company from 1999-2019 and said the NLNG had paid a dividend of over $18 billion to Nigeria between 2004 and 2019.
Fatai-William also insisted that the NLNG is committed to a culture of transparency and integrity.
However, when Adeola asked the Accountant General of the Federation, to confirm if the dividend was actually paid into the Federation Account, he said it was difficult to immediacy determines if it had been paid because the dividend is usually paid to the NNPC – that represents the Federal Government in the NLNG.
Adeola therefore directed the Accountant General to investigate the payment and report back to the Senate within two weeks.
Nigeria has about 53 per cent shares in the NLNG, according to the statement.
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