Nigeria: NNPC Denies N36bn Compensation to P'Harcourt Refinery's Host Community

3 June 2018

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Sunday, denied approving N36 billion compensation, as royalty to Alesa-Eleme community for playing host to one of its subsidiaries, Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC.

The NNPC, in a statement in Abuja, by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said report of the phantom compensation originated from a traditional ruler, regarded as a claimant to the Alesa-Eleme traditional stool.

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