The National Transparency Watch has faulted the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for failing to make fair disclosure which Nigerians demanded following its admission of selling products from Port Harcourt Refinery to Dubai-based Gulf Transport & Trading Limited (GTT).
In a statement signed by the Coordinator of National Transparency Watch, Ademola Moses, in Abuja on Monday, the group expressed disappointment that NNPCL has yet to respond to the demands of Nigerians 72 hours after it admitted selling a cargo of Port Harcourt low sulfur straight run fuel oil (LSSR) to GTT, noting that such reluctance attests to NNPCL having something to hide about the transaction.
Moses expressed the concern that “NNPCL’s choice of GTT rings alarm bells considering that this same entity has featured prominently in all of the corporation’s infractions, especially in its dabbling into contaminated and sanction-tainted Russian oil”.
“Consequently,…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
