The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engr. Andrew Yakubu Friday faulted the claim by the CBN Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi that the NNPC has failed to remit the sum of $49.8b from the sale of crude oil saying his claim is borne out of […]
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Nigeria’s NNPC hasn’t accounted for $50 bln in oil sales – cbank
* Oil revenue accounts for 80 pct of gov’t revenues * Probes have found state-oil firm to lack transparency * Nigeria is Africa’s 2nd largest economy, top oil producer Nigeria’s state-energy company NNPC hasn’t accounted for nearly $50 billion in revenue from the sale of crude oil which should have […]
Patronage politics boosts demand for dollars in Nigeria
Managing a monetary system is hard work in any country. But in Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, central bank governor, has an additional problem: a surge in US dollar demand as politicians build war chests for an election still 18 months away. The stakes ahead of the presidential 2015 poll, in which […]
