Saharareporters learnt that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation paid a whopping $1 million to the organizers of the “Townhall Meeting/Debate” hosted by the Publisher of Thisday Magazine, Nduka Obaigbena which was broadcast live on Channels TV in Lagos. The event attracted government ministers, labour leaders and civil society activists who enagegd in high-school-like debate on the subject of removal of gasoline subsidy.