Nigeria earned $741.5bn and N635.3bn from the oil/gas and solid minerals sectors respectively, between 1999 and 2020, a period of about 21 years, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative announced on Wednesday. THE PUNCH reports.Information Guide Nigeria
Ogbonnaya Orji, the NEITI’s Executive Secretary announced this at a stakeholders’ roundtable organised by the agency in Abuja for the review and approval of NEITI 2021 Audit Reports for the oil, gas and solid minerals sectors.
The latest audit reports were submitted to the agency by the independent administrators – Messrs Taju Audu & Co, and Amedu Onekpe & Co.
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In his address at the event, Orji said, “So far, NEIT! has conducted a total of 13 cycles of reconciliatory reports in the oil and gas sector and 11 cycles of reports in the solid minerals sector.JAMB Portal
These reports have disclosed a total revenue earnings to the government of $741.48bn from the oil and gas sector and N635.3bn from the solid minerals sector.NYSC Portal
“These earnings were between the years 1999-2020 (oil and gas) and 2006-2020 (solid minerals sector earnings). In addition, NEITI reports have disclosed that Nigeria lost over 619.7 million barrels of crude oil valued at $46.16bn or N16.25tn from 2009 to 2020 from theft and sabotage.JAMB Result
“This amounts to losing over 140,000 barrels of crude valued at $10.7m daily. Furthermore, NEITI has reported on subsidy payments from the years 2005 to 2021 and its huge negative consequences to the nation.”
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