The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) said that it was aware of the planned probe by the Parliament of the allegation it paid N20 billion dollars payment to ghost consultants.
The NNPC Ltd, in a statement to Business Standards maintained that it “received with great relief, the resolution of the House of Representatives to investigate allegation of the payment of a huge sum of twenty billion naira to so-called “ghost consultants.”
NNPC Ltd, the statement by Garba Deen Muhammad, its spokesperson reads; “had earlier refuted this false and baseless allegation that was first published by an online platform without any iota of evidence.
“Under the current Board and Management, NNPC Ltd has instituted a culture of transparency that includes making its annual Audited Financial Statements (AFS) public.”
The statement stated further that “It is in this light that the NNPC Ltd welcomes the resolution of the House of Representatives to investigate this very outrageous allegation.
“NNPC Ltd is confident that the outcome of any investigation into the false allegation will vindicate the company, and put an end to all speculations concerning the matter.”
