Yesterday, the Senate threatened to remove and sentence the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, and other top executive officers of petroleum subsidiaries.
The Senate issued the sack of the executive officers whose agencies were involved in Nigerian refineries' Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) projects.
The Senate said that from 2010 till date, over N12 trillion has been spent on Turn Around Maintenance. The Senate also noted that it has records of over $592 million, €4.8 million, and £3.4 million spent between 2010 till date on TAM, yet none of the refineries are working, the NATION reports.
Senator Isah Jibrin, the Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the various Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) projects of Nigerian Refineries, issued the threats following the failure of Kyari and other executive officers of its subsidiaries to attend an interactive session organized by the panel.
Those who were invited but did not show up include the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and others.
Senator Jibrin said that the Senate wants to find solutions to all the leakages, as many of them exist. “We will ask for refund and dismissal of all the chief executives involved in the Turn Around Maintenance,” he said.
He added,
- We sent them an invitation more than two weeks ago requesting documents and the documents have not been released after two weeks. So, we want the chief executives to be present.