Obasanjo's letter is sure yielding positive results as more Nigerians are beginning to speak up on the corruption disease battling the Nigerian economy.

President Buhari is focused on war against corruption but, currently, the worst corruption is alleged to be happening in the petroleum industry; fuel scarcity is the order of the day… It is not surprising that whilst the president is focusing on the surface of corruption, the real graft is going on in the ministry where President Buhari is the senior minister.

The strategic consequences of focusing on process and ignoring the underlying structural interactions are what we see in the current non-transparent pre-shipment inspection of Nigeria’s oil and gas exports. Under President Buhari’s watch, crude oil has, since July 5 2017, that is over six months ago, being lifted from Ajakpa, Aje, Ima, Ukpekiti, Obe, etc, without competent pre-shipment inspection.

The unnecessary delay in the appointment of the eight pre-shipment inspection firms, who the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has carried out their due diligence duties on and found qualified, is cause of corruption concern. There are allegations that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has not, since the last two or three months, gotten accurate records of crucial oil and gas exports. So, one can only imagine the billions of US dollars Nigeria is losing to fraud or corruption.

What’s undoubtedly non-transparent is the fact that two pre-shipment firms (Trobell and Robinson International) have been temporarily appointed as pre-shipment inspection agents since July 5, 2017. The second of the double jeopardy is the danger in the impossibility of only two pre-shipment firms doing the work which at least six competent firms are needed. It is such a pity that the pro-due process Minister of Finance is being remotely controlled by a high Presidency or Aso Rock official.

The question is that in spite of the National Assembly’s intervention, the temporary appointment is still overstretching a duration that is temporary. We do hope we do not have another senior female member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) openly disagreeing with a member of the cabal that is exacerbating the president’s lack of attention to details. The non-transparency of the shipments of Nigerian crude oil and gas in the last few months, has led to Nigeria’s crude oil being hawked in different crude oil tankers.

The largest scale bunkering and illegal sale of Nigerian crude oil and gas has taken place during the Buhari administration as a result of deliberate non -appointment of pre-inspection monitoring agents. This illegal activity has been on for the past two years. But since the president has lost control of the oil and gas sector, which is the bed rock of Nigerian economy, appointment of inspectors should be a matter of national concern. The Council of State must be involved and a board of inquiry set up without delay to investigate what has happened in the past two and a half years on the export of oil and gas.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/buhari-listens-80-year-old-uncle-tony-nyiam/

Crap! Do we indeed need pre shipment inspectors ? The information concerning vessel movement and deadweight is an open secret. Bill of Lading information is given to vessels and the government through her agents DR and NAPA has access to this information. I understand your gross with this preshipment issue. Preshipment inspectors do not add any value a part from employment.
Every terminal has a know daily production volume. And a known storage capacity. (EXCEPT If production drops as a result of terminal equipment malfunctioning).
So if you need information of volume you can get from the IOC's , DPR, Independent surveyors or NNPC.
Preshipment kor, pre shipment ni