The CBN complaints are contained in a letter to the President dated 25 September 2013.
“Our analysis of the value of crude oil export proceeds based on the documentation received from pre-shipment inspectors shows that between January 2012 and July 2013, NNPC lifted 594,024,107 barrels of crude valued at $65,332,350,514.57,” the letter said. “Out of this amount, NNPC repatriated only $15,528,410,098.77 representing 24% of the value. This means the NNPC is yet to account for, and repatriate to the Federation Account, an amount in excess of $49.804 billion of the value of oil lifted in the same period.”
Drawing attention to an attached table of analysis of the crude oil
liftings and repatriations as prepared by the CBN, Governor Sanusi noted
that the failure of the NNPC to repatriate the amounts constitutes
not only a violation of constitutional provisions but also of both
Nigeria’s foreign exchange and pre-shipment inspection of exports laws.
Also drawing attention to previous occasion in which he had expressed
concern about what appeared to be shortfalls in remittances to the
Federation Account in spite of the strong recovery in the price of oil,
Mr. Sanusi said that a point of departure ought to be to insist that the
NNPC account fully for all proceeds that were diverted from its
accounts with the CBN and the Federation Account.
“As an indicator of how bad this situation has become, please note that in
2012 alone, the Federation Account received $28.51 billion in Petroleum
Profits and related taxes but only $1013 from crude oil proceeds,”
he informed Mr. Jonathan. “In the period January-July 2013, the
corresponding figures are $16.65 billion and $5.39 billion,
respectively. This means, Your Excellency, that in the first seven
months of the year, taxes accounted for 76% of the total inflow from
this sector, while NNPC crude oil proceeds accounted for only 24%.”
Mr. Sanusi specifically recommended to the President to:
Require NNPC to provide evidence for disposal of all proceeds of crude sales diverted from the CBN and Federation Account;
Investigate crude oil lifting and swap contracts, as well as the
financial transactions of counter-parties for equity, fairness and
transparency; and
Authorise prosecution of suspects in money-laundering transactions,
including but not limited to BDCs who are unable to account for hundreds
of millions of dollars.
It is unclear if Mr. Jonathan has read the letter. Despite claims of
fighting corruption, he does not normally take any anti-corruption
action against members of his cabinet or implement any reports, and NNPC
is famously supervised by Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani
Alison-Madueke, one of his closest confidantes within the cabinet.
A copy of the letter hand delivered by the Central Bank Governor, Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi to President Goodluck Jonathan in September 2013 below:
Two months down the lane, President Jonathan has refused to do anything about the report.
In fact, a new report by Premium Times states that President Jonathan along side Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala are involved in the said theft diversion of funds. To read the report please HERE.
If our president is at the helm of stealing fund diversion affairs, then, we shouldn't expect less from ministers under his cabinet; case in view Stella Oduah.
With the 2015 elections gradually drawing close, one can only hope that
Nigerians will not be too distracted by cheap attempts at popularity,
and last minute campaigns of our unbelievably corrupt leaders.
I weep for this 'once-great' country Nigeria.
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