Govs query NNPC over FAAC deductions

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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA—National Economic Council, NEC, yesterday, at its monthly meeting, demanded explanations from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, over unclear deductions the corporation made from Federation Account, which caused a stalemate at the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, on Wednesday.

State Commissioners of Finance, who converged on Abuja with the expectation to collect their states’ share of the monthly allocation, reportedly walked out of the FAAC meeting as they protested the deductions.

From the left, Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State; Governor Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa State; Governor Mustapher Belo of Niger State; Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State; Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and other members of the Nigeruan Governor Forum during the audience the President had with members of the Nigerian Governors’…



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