Why Inter-Agency Oil Audit Battles Never Produce Refunds
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has reopened one of the most familiar battlegrounds in Nigerian public finance, summoning the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and 146 downstream petroleum marketing firms to account for ₦432.07 billion in unpaid regulatory obligations. The disputed liabilities, tracked in successive annual reports by the Auditor-General for…