The House of Representatives has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), a subsidiary of the NNPC are jointly owing the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) $3.78 billion, CROWN reports.
The House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration disclosed this yesterday during a one-day investigative public hearing on revenue leakages and operational deficiencies in NIMASA. The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago said while the NNPC and PPMC are jointly owing NIMASA $3 billion, NAPIMS is owing the agency $780 million out of the alleged $10 billion owed the agency. The debts are defaults on sundry charges and levies meant to be paid to NIMASA over a 10- year period.
NIMASA’s Director-General,Dakuku Peterside, in response, said the defaults on the three per cent levy on gross freight earning on in and outbound cargo “ is due to double billing, disclaimed and disputed bills and actual debt.” He said no debts was supposed to have incurred on the two per cent surcharge payment on contract sum on cabotage operating vessel. “The debt under the ship- to- ship ( STS) is a deliberate attempt by companies not to pay non-remittance by international oil companies to the agency” he added.
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