Browsing: Hon. Yakubu Dogara

“We were also assured that fuel subsidy had come to an end. From recent developments on this subject, except the executive adduces compelling reasons why the reverse is the case, we will be justified in feeling betrayed. As a parliament, we must unravel the causes of this scarcity and the alleged re-introduction of fuel subsidy,” Dogara added.

He said, “The House is concerned that there was negotiation between TCN and the World Bank of the sum of $468 million IDA for the proposed Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project (NETAP). The project scheduled for August 29 had been postponed due to changes made to the staffing of the Project Management Unit (PMU) for World Bank-assisted projects in the TCN.”

“NPDC is reported to be consistently ceding its core activities to third-party private entities without due procurement process in Strategic Alliance Agreements that involve the provision of funds by those entities to carry out exploration.”