{"id":62233,"date":"2018-05-17T19:41:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62233"},"modified":"2018-05-17T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:41:16","slug":"36-state-governors-accuse-nnpc-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/36-state-governors-accuse-nnpc-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"36 State Governors Accuse NNPC of Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">All the thirty-six state governors in Nigeria have said they no longer<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">trust the NNPC \u201cto do what is right\u201d\u2014 over subsidy payments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Governors want states rather than the Nigerian National Petroleum<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Corporation (NNPC) to determine how much is paid as subsidy by government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou see, we are in the hands of these people (NNPC) and we are trying to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">be cautious. Not just NNPC, even Nigerians are not helping matters because<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">when there is shortfall in the product, everybody will start making noise.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">And you will not know why there is shortfall, said Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The governors say individual state will determined the quantity of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">petroleum product consumed in its territory as a basis for calculating the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">subsidy to be paid.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf we start to investigate, these people will create chaos that we will<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">regret and Nigerians will not look at the damage from the base. But<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rather, they will start accusing government of laxity or not doing what it<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is supposed to be doing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, it\u2019s not about investigation. It\u2019s about knowing what\u2019s going to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">happen to future supply.\u00a0 And this supply, the destination must be set.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat\u2019s is why we gave the states the responsibility to go back and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">ascertain the quantity needed by each and every state.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">which is currently in session is expected to endorse the move.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The governors who met Wednesday night on the platform of Nigeria Governors<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Forum, at their Maitama, Abuja office, are uncomfortable\u00a0 with the amount<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is claiming to pay as<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">subsidy as well as the corporation\u2019s stated quantity of local consumption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">With dwindling accruals to states, NNPC has told the governors that it is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">now paying subsidy on 60 million liters daily consumption up from 33<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">million liters a few months ago.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Briefing newsmen last night at the end of the NGF meeting which ended at<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">11:30pm Wednesday night, its chairman and Zamfara state governor,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Abdulaziz Yari, said \u201cif states say our demand is 30 million liters, you<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">cannot say you brought 60 million liters for us.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are taking every situation carefully so that we don\u2019t endanger the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">security situation of the country and at same time, we do not play into<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the hands of the NNPC.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said however that the governors will not be pushing for the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">investigation of NNPC as the move may backfire.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis is not the first time that a massive drop in trust has been linked<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to the pressing issue of subsidy, said a governor of the phone.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the thirty-six state governors in Nigeria have said they no longer trust the NNPC \u201cto do what is right\u201d\u2014 over subsidy payments. 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