Nigeria: Group to Petition EFCC Over U.S.$260 Million Usan Oilfield Contracts

9 February 2016

A group, which identified itself as Nigerian Content Front (NCF) has threatened to drag the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) if the $260 million contracts in ExxonMobil's Usan Project is not investigated within 14 days.

In an open letter signed by the President-General, High Chief Ebikabowei Ezoukumor and the Secretary, Mr. Young Tari, the group commended President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption efforts, stressing that since the appointment of Dr. Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of NNPC and his promotion to Minister of State, the era of impunity is over both in the NNPC and the entire oil industry.

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