.Demands documents on pre-shipment, banking
Jonas Ezieke, Abuja
For alleged involvement in crude oil lifting for export to foreign countries leading to loss of $2.4 billion dollars, the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee Investigating the Alleged Loss of 48 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Exports in 2015 including crude Oil Exports from 2014 till date have grilled the Chief Executive Officers of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA and the Nigeria Agip Oil Company NAOC.
Chairman of the House Ad-hoc Committee Hon Mark Terseer Gbiillah and other committee members grilled at a rescheduled investigating hearing on the matter had querried the CEOs of the aforementioned agencies on their roles on the export of crude oil to foreign nations.
The Committee during the probe session had asked that the affected agencies eggheads submit documents on vessels, pre-shipment inspection certificates and bank details of their operations.
The lawmakers also demanded that the agencies tender necessary documents on payment of taxes and loyalties to the federal government on their crude sales.
Feilding questions from the committee members on their involvement in crude lifting, the Director-General of NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh said that he ‘ll see to the constitution of a technical committee to source data on the actual lifting of crude
He agreed to submit all the documents requested by the Committee to aid it’s investigation even as he absolved the agency of any wrong doing on the issue
Also in a presentation, the Nigeria Agip Oil Company NAOC CEO represented by the General Manager Operations Richard Oriawo said that the company ‘ll make available to the committee an updated documents on its crude lifting operations
He told the Ad-hoc Committee that the NAOC is an international oil ompany registered in Nigeria to engage in oil business adding that ENI is a subsidiary
The House Ad-hoc Committee Chairman Hon Gbiillah while insisting on the early submission of the requested documents by these agencies said that the Committee ‘ll make its recommendations to the House on it in order for the parliament take a position.
