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Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation, in a release in Abuja explained that details of the figures captured in the July 2020 NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report indicated that the 858 per cent overall upswell in performance was largely due to the 178 per cent rise in the surplus posted by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NNPC’s flagship Upstream entity.

Those already on trial over the alleged fraud are an oil mogul and ally to the ex-Minister, Jide Omokore; former Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, Victor Briggs; former Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abiye Membere; former Manager, Planning and Commercial of the NNPC, David Mbanefo

“The current gas flare penalty of N10 per 1,000scf is too low, and not in line with current economic realities and encourages continuous gas flaring by operators with its attendant negative effect on our environment instead of encouraging investment in infrastructure by the operators to make gas available for our domestic use.”