The National Petroleum Investment Management Services ( NAPIMS ) , an arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) , has directed operators in the petroleum industry to contribute to the Internally Displaced Persons ( IDP ) Intervention Fund for the people of the North East.

A letter to the operators, exclusively obtained by The Guardian , shows that contributions will be made to a proposed “ Dedicated Account , ” while specific areas of infrastructure development interventions were spelt out, which should be “ treated as urgent. ”

However, as urgent as it is meant to be, the NNPC and some of the operators were reluctant to speak on specific issues raised by The Guardian in an enquiry sent to them .

Although the NAPIMS ’ directive did not indicate how much the IDP Fund is, The Guardian learnt that each operator is expected to contribute at least $100 million annually to the fund.

The directive is coming as a surprise to many analysts , especially as there is already a Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative ( PCNI) engaged in various intervention programmes .

President Muhammadu Buhari in January last year appointed a committee headed by Gen . Theophilus Danjuma , and Africa ’ s richest man , Aliko Dangote, and a host of others as members , to rehabilitate infrastructure and resettlement of the IDPs

Aside from these , respective individuals and corporate establishments , foreign and local, have initiated various support programmes for the North East IDPs , which make the NNPC/NAPIMS directive curious , especially as the Federal Government will share in the contributions based on its equity stake in the joint venture ( JV ) operations .

The NNPC is the government ’ s concessionaire in the oil ventures, and would inevitably pay from its share as part of the operating cost for the year .

The letter titled “ Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs) Intervention Programmes /Projects and Proposed Dedicated Account” reads :

“ Further to the creation of a line item in the 2017 budget ( 5800:11) and the allocation of funds therein , it is our firm belief that to achieve the purpose for which the intervention programme and attendant budget was meant , you are hereby advised to carry out the following:
“• Immediate construction of the resettlement projects ;
“• Constitution of a project monitoring committee ( composed of NNPC /NAPIMS /operators facilities engineers and community development personnel);
“• Opening of a dedicated account exclusively for the purpose of prompt payment for IDP intervention ( projects and programmes ) activities ;
“• Funding of the account one -off, to avoid payment delays due to the vendors /contractors; and
“• Ring- fencing of the IDP budget.
“ NAPIMS , in conjunction with operators, will utilise the IDP intervention funds to construct resettlement facilities that can be replicated at various locations as detailed overleaf :
“ Proposed Projects
“• Units of 2 bedroom twin bungalows – 50 units per settlement ( expected to house 100 families);
“• Schools ( primary and secondary );
“• Health care centres /cottage hospitals;
“• Market stalls;
“• Provision of potable water; and
“• Electrification .
“ The facility is also expected to have roads, drainage channels and waste disposal systems .
“ A soft copy of the bill of quantities and cost structure will be forwarded to you soon .
“ Please treat as urgent. ”
The letter was signed by former Group General Manager of NAPIMS , Dafe Sejebo , for the NNPC, who ironically was relieved of his position the same day, after making a presentation on the IDP intervention programme .


But the Socio -Economic Rights and Accountability Project ( SERAP ) declared the NNPC -NAPIMS directive as illegal and should not be encouraged , as it is government ’ s responsibility to take care of its citizens and not tax -paying corporate entities.

Read more @
https://m.guardian.ng/news/nnpc-napims-compel-firms-to-fund-projects-in-north-east/

Guardian of lies.

AlwaysUltraPad:
Guardian of lies.

This your moniker sha

The robbing of Nigeria continues.
More revelations of what they have planned to do with Nigeria is coming.

If this is true, then its still nepotism at work. Helping the poor isn't wrong but helping only the northern poor amidst penury across the entire nation raises more questions than answers. Nigeria still cries for equity and justice.

The northerners are bonafide parasites.
What happened to their food basket with which they 'feed' the whole nation? It is obvious why they will never support restructuring. It also explains why they tend to suspect any vaccine as birth control pill because their population is their best tool to remain relevant.

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istandfortruth:
If this is true, then its still nepotism at work. Helping the poor isn't wrong but helping only the northern poor amidst penury across the entire nation raises more questions than answers. Nigeria still cries for equity and justice.

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As usual your bigotry hinders you from comprehending anything... the same north east that the BH wars happened hence requiring rebuilding is now interpreted as helping the poor when they in fact suffered devastation . I know you have deep seated hatred for Muslim in north but states in the north east have various Christian community which shouldn’t be a target of your bigotry.

Can of worm................

And people will still wonder where our tax payer's money has gone to.

NothingDoMe:
This your moniker sha

you like am?

hmmmm

They are using our oil money to repair North East which they destroy by themselves because of religion. Mecca should be the one funding their rehabilitation since they so much love religion. What has the North given to South on the basis of brotherhood? When u had groundnut pyramid, we had rubber and timber. 118 trillion realized after 53 years yet we have nothing to show for it. What is the usefulness of the North to one Nigeria?

observing

inkon:
And people will still wonder where our tax payer's money has gone to.

You want to know were our money has gone to...

Contruction of roads in SE and SS is to be funded with loan from Islamic habiba bank
BUHARI IS A JIHADIST

I pity my people, this oil is now officially owned by Northern Nigeria petroleum corporation (NNPC)

What Goodluck failed to do is what Buhari is doing well.

vedaxcool:
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As usual your bigotry hinders you from comprehending anything... the same north east that the BH wars happened hence requiring rebuilding is now interpreted as helping the poor when they in fact suffered devastation . I know you have deep seated hatred for Muslim in north but states in the north east have various Christian community which shouldn’t be a target of your bigotry.

And after the civil war of '67 - '70, did the Federal government bother to rebuild the South East? Despite the Famous three Rs of Gowon's regime.

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eagleeye2:

And after the civil war of '67 - '70, did the Federal government bother to rebuild the South East? Despite the Famous three Rs of Gowon's regime.

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The fact you are a bitter soul is no longer in doubt to claim, what is left in doubt is whether you can reason adequately to know that we are not in 1967 or the 70s. How does a government action or lack of it be a template for government action today? If you want to live in the 70s I suspect otapiapia isn't to far from where you are sitting down have some sip and fulfill your goal of living in the 70s and spare us your poor reasoning. Why don't you advocate for darkness seeing that in the 70s a lot of the current electricity infrastructure didn't exist. What a bitter person you sadly are!

AlwaysUltraPad:
you like am?

It's fearful

otokx:
What Goodluck failed to do is what Buhari is doing well.

so u prefer a sectional presidennt to someone who took the whole nigeria as his constituent?

Some people r born stupid