Kyari to Lawmakers: NNPC Has Nothing to Hide

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, says the corporation has nothing to hide and will comply with the request of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts.

Kyari stated this in response to a request by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts seeking the appearance of heads of NNPC subsidiaries before the lawmakers.

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According to the NNPC boss, the company would comply with the committee’s requirements and continue to be accountable and transparent.

He says, “We have nothing to hide, Mr Chairman. We recognise that this company belongs to over 200 million Nigerians as its shareholders, thus we have been accountable and transparent and we will continue to remain so.

“No national oil company in the world is as transparent as we are. We shall comply with the House committee’s requirement.”

On March 16, the committee had summoned 17 subsidiaries of NNPC to respond to audit queries by the Auditor-General for the Federation regarding their operations between 2014 and 2019. The letter was signed by Oluwole Oke (PDP: Osun).