lekerenike:

Don't mind alll of them , see how and what they use our money for: http://globebreaknews..com/2012/01/nigerian-alison-madueke-double.html

Pukkah:

Petroleum minister Diezani Allison-Madueke and Comptroller General of Customs Abdullahi Dikko Inde yesterday gave conflicting testimonies over petrol imports and subsidy payments during a hearing by a House of Representatives committee in Abuja.

Allison-Madueke was the first to speak, saying that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation no longer imports petrol and that only private importers were involved.

She also said part of the fraud in the system was smuggling out of petrol on which government had already paid subsidy.

But when it was his turn to speak, Inde, who was represented by the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Accounts and Tariff Julius Ndubuisi Nwogu, said contrary to the minister’s assertion, NNPC was still importing petrol because he had possession of a manifest that showed that the corporation brought petrol into the country in December.

The Customs official displayed a copy of a document showing that NNPC imported petrol for December 2011 which was discharged at Calabar port, “and was solely imported by NNPC but we don’t know the country of origin but was brought through Cotonou off shore.”

She said the finance ministry authorises such deductions. But on Monday Finance Minister Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala denied authorising subsidy deductions.

Pukkah:


Inde also said rather than “smuggling” as mentioned by the minister, what was happening was “diversion” because large vessels importing fuel supposedly to Nigeria do not reach the country’s shores but were kept in territorial waters of Benin or Togo while smaller vessels ferry only a fraction of the fuel to Nigeria.

He said oil importers including the NNPC perpetrate fraud by keeping the “mother vessels” on Benin or Togo territorial waters and using smaller vessels to bring in the petroleum products.

Pukkah:


The Customs chief said apart from petrol, NNPC also imports crude oil to the Kaduna refinery.

“Kaduna refinery runs on imported crude not domestic and no duty is paid on that till date. NNPC imports it through Warri port and move it straight to Kaduna refinery,” he said.

Pukkah:


Earlier, Mrs. Allison-Madueke said contrary to the popular belief, there was no group of oil importers who constitute themselves into a cabal.

Pukkah:


The petroleum minister also said the government was yet to arrive at exact amount of money spent on subsidising petrol as “we are still grappling with the figures.” She added that it would take at least four months to finish the computation.

canuck:

Suggested title for this thread - "Nigeria Customs Exposes Govt's Subsidy Fraud"

My goodness! I can't believe my eyes!!!

Without creating another thread, here is more damning information from The Nation that was left out by Daily Trust:

(Customs Boss) said no invoices are attached during clearance of fuel, adding that “as we speak, most of the importation of PMS has no documentation”.

(Customs Boss) said as a result of the lack of documentation, the NCS (Nig Customs Service) is not in a position to give the exact number of vessels imported by the NNPC.

“NNPC does not make any documentation to the Customs. Several meetings were held where the NCS was directed not to ask for documents. The Ministry of Finance wrote to NCS, warning them not to ask for documents because this will cause crisis,” (Customs Boss) said.

Source: http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/33701-alleged-subsidy-fraud-customs-indicts-nnpc.html

bloodless:

woooow, atleast we know why they are trying to remove subsidy, this scandal is sooo huge that it was always going to come out, 1.3 trillion naira

The reason GEJ wants to "remove" subsidy is for the govt to stop paying for the fraud. . .but wanted to pass the ENTIRE fraud to the Nigerian people to pay. He has pushed almost half of the fraud to Nigerians to pay!

Got it?

It is a classic shell game the govt is playing. Kai! Breeze don dey blow small-small. . .fowl yansh go soon open  

Pennywise:

There is no subsidy. GEJ is too preoccupied with being 'president'. He has no clue about what is going on.

Pennywise:

Pls give me this Diezani for only 10 mins

What do you want to do with her? I can arrange a meet-and-greet

lekerenike:

Don't mind alll of them , see how and what they use our money for: http://globebreaknews..com/2012/01/nigerian-alison-madueke-double.html

Baawaa:

This woman should step aside for proper investigation

I am in full agreement. She is completely discredited. We will have to scream, shout and protest before that happens sha  

AjanleKoko:

Well, well . . .
This is one positive dividend of Occupy Nigeria. Very interesting times indeed.
Let's see how long this tempo can be sustained.