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THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated its position thatPricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) forensic audit report on its books did not indict it in anyway butrather absolved it of culpability on all counts.
Making this claim Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja to clarify the highlights of the report,the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the corporation, Dr. Joseph Dawha, expressed joy at thesuccessful completion of the forensic audit exercise, which rested the 15month controversy overthe allegedly missing $49.8 billion.
Thursday, 12 February 2015
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According to him, the report “has clearly vindicated our longheld position that the allegedunremitted crude oil revenue was a farce from day one.”
Contrary to some media analysis and interpretations that NNPC was indicted, he explained thatthe amount was actually the balance of the book value of the divested assets transferred to NNPCupstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), excluding taxes androyalties.
However, the recommendation that the corporation be empowered to meet its costs andexpenses entirely from the value it creates may not happen until the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) ispassed by the National Assembly.
Dahwa explained that the NNPC does not receive any level funding from government and defraysits operational costs from oil proceeds as provided for in the Petroleum Act of 1969.
He noted that the NNPC management was fully in support of the ongoing process of reviewingthe laws governing its operations and has commenced internal transformation ahead of thepassage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently undergoing legislative processes at theNational Assembly.
He called on the media to eschew sensationalism and help disseminate the facts regarding thealleged missing money as contained in the reports of the various probes instituted to get to thebottom of the matter.
“The forensic audit report also acknowledged that section 7 subsection 4 of the NNPC Actempowers the corporation to defray its costs and expenses, including the costs of its subsidiaries,from crude oil revenues, though it also recommended that the law be reviewed to make thecorporation meet its costs and expenses entirely from the value it creates,” he said.
“However, it should be noted that NNPC currently receives no funding for value destructionthrough pipeline vandalism, sabotage and crude oil and products theft, an issue that causesenormous losses to NNPC’s operation.”
On the outstanding $1.48 billion, Dahwa explained that the money is “NPDC signature bonus” andwas the balance of the book value of the divested assets as assessed by the Department ofPetroleum Resources (DPR) yet to be paid into the Federation Account by the NNPC. This, he said,cannot be termed an indictment of the NNPC, and is being reconciled with the DPR.
He added: “Let me emphasize that there is no money missing. However, the delay in payment ofthe true value of the divested assets is due to the unfinished reconciliation process among NNPC,DPR and other agencies of government.
“It is pertinent to note that the $1.48 billion was not part of the alleged unremitted revenues fromcrude oil sales but the balance of the good and valuable consideration of the divested assets asassessed by DPR.”
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The GMD said that what the DPR sent to NNPC as the estimated value of the assets was $1.847billion, out of which the corporation paid over $300 million as a token to indicate its commitment toacquiring the assets pending resolution and reconciliation by NNPC and DPR.
On remittances of proceeds from crude oil sales into the Federation Account from January 1,2012 to July 31, 2013, he explained that the PwC forensic audit report was clear that NNPCremitted $50.81 billion out of a total of $69.34 billion, adding that the report acknowledged that thebalance was spent on petrol and kerosene subsidy as well as the corporation’s operation costs.
He explained that both the Senate Finance Committee probe report and the PwC forensic auditreport corroborated the corporation’s position that subsidy on kerosene was still in force as thepresidential directive of October 19, 2009, was not gazetted in line with the provisions of Section 6,Subsection 1 of the Petroleum Act of 1969.
According to Dahwa, contrary to reports of indictment, the NNPC or any of its subsidiaries was notindicted by the PwC forensic audit report. Rather, “the entire revenues accruable to the FederationAccount during the period have been fully accounted for in the report and various components ofthe accruable revenue have also been clearly categorized.”
Explaining the effect of pipeline vandalism on the agency’s operation spending, the NNPC GroupExecutive Director, Gas, Dr David Ige, said the corporation had never experienced the level ofpipeline vandalism that has taken place in the past one month.
“There are challenges with the number of pipeline vandalism we have had since January,” henoted. “As we speak, we have breach on the Escravos pipeline just about 24 hours ago.
“Going to places where pipeline vandalism occurs is not such a challenge but assessing the arearemains a big challenge. These are parts of the unwanted costs that the NNPC incurs every timethere is pipeline vandalism.”
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