Nigeria Lost $7bn To Militancy, Vandals -NNPC
Nigeria has lost $7bn dollars (N2.1trn) to the activities of militancy groups and oil pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region in 2016.
NNPC GMD, Dr Maikanti Baru, said this on Friday in Abuja at the 2016 Fiscal Liquidity Assessment Committee Retreat.
He made a presentation titled “Global Oil Prices, Militancy and Terrorism and its Impact on Government Revenue in Nigeria.”
Baru said politics, judiciary, oil prices and production cost continued to impact negatively on the oil industry.
“Over 7000kpd of crude oil has been lost due to vandalism this year. A bulk of the loss is from JV assets.”
“This implies that 60% of oil production lost is NNPC-FGN equity.”
“At an estimated price of $45pb, the total 2016 revenue loss to the Federation Account translates to about $7bn. Government could have used this money to achieve major infrastructural milestones.”
“This loss is equivalent to a new 7,000mw power plant; new 350kpd refinery; over 30% of National budget; and a new 1,700 kilometre pipeline.”
NNPC Move To Stem Losses
To resolve this, Baru said the NNPC planned to increase security of oil and gas assets. It will also improve its community social responsibility and the Amnesty programme.
According to him, the NNPC planned to renegotiate terms of Production Sharing Contract with deep offshore operating companies. With the current agreement, only 17.7 per cent of total revenue comes to government.
FG Eliminated 33,000 Ghost Workers
Also speaking at the event Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said that the ministry had succeeded in reducing Federal Government’s monthly wage bill from N165 billion to N142 billion by eliminating 33,000 ghost workers.
Adeosun, represented by the Head of the Efficiency Unit at the Ministry, Mrs Patience Oniha, said that the ministry had discovered that it could also save money by reviewing government’s procurement processes.
She said that through the Efficiency Unit, the ministry had succeeded in negotiating huge discounts for government officials travelling on local and international flights for official assignments.
Adeosun said that the ministry had also been able to save cost by banning sitting allowances, souvenirs at government’s functions and unnecessary adverts which had contributed to the high recurrent expenditure in government.
