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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to go after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for failing to remit over $20.2 billion since 1999.
“Instead of piling up external loans, the federal government should be compelled by the Nigerian people to embark on the immediate recovery and repatriation of hundreds of billions of dollars from the NNPC.”
Falana said this in Lagos, yesterday, at a National Seminar on Promoting Transparency and Accountability in the Recovery of Stolen Assets in Nigeria: Agenda for Reform, organised by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), in collaboration with Ford Foundation, USA.
Falana continued: “Transparency and accountability are inter-connected to the application of economic, political and administrative management of the affairs of a state.
“The exercise of these affairs is that they must be seen to be exercised by the citizens of a state.
“Where a government parastatal such as the NNPC is said to have failed to remit oil revenue to the tune of $20 billion, issues of good transparency and governance becomes a crucial issue.
Falana called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to “comply with the order of the Federal High Court which has directed the federal government to account for the loot recovered since 1999.
“Instead of piling up external loans, the federal government should be compelled by the Nigerian people to embark on the immediate recovery and repatriation of hundreds of billions of dollars from the NNPC.”
Falana said this in Lagos, yesterday, at a National Seminar on Promoting Transparency and Accountability in the Recovery of Stolen Assets in Nigeria: Agenda for Reform, organised by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), in collaboration with Ford Foundation, USA.
Falana continued: “Transparency and accountability are inter-connected to the application of economic, political and administrative management of the affairs of a state.
“The exercise of these affairs is that they must be seen to be exercised by the citizens of a state.
“Where a government parastatal such as the NNPC is said to have failed to remit oil revenue to the tune of $20 billion, issues of good transparency and governance becomes a crucial issue.
Falana called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to “comply with the order of the Federal High Court which has directed the federal government to account for the loot recovered since 1999.