The management of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has absolved itself from the alleged
missing N500 billion Sure-P funds.
The Corporation which described
media reports linking it to the Sure-P budget as a comprehensive falsehood,
noted that it has no connection whatsoever with the disbursement and
appropriation of funds to the Sure-P Committee.
The Acting Group General Manager, of
NNPC. Tumini E. Green, said Sure-P budget was managed by a Committee made up of
eminent Nigerians.
She said, “NNPC is neither a member
of the Sure-P Committee nor does it pay any money into the Sure-P account for
any reason whatsoever.
“The budget is the responsibility of
other requisite statutory authority. The committee superintends over the
disbursement and the execution of the various social welfare projects," Green informed.
She affirmed in a terse statement
that the Corporation does not know how the funds are managed.
The statement also added that the
Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke who has
the highest regards for the distinguished Senate Ad-Hoc Committee was unavoidably
absent because she was away on some very important national assignment.
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