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House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has summoned
the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation, Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, over a breach of crude oil
export guidelines.
The GMD will explain to the Committee, among other things, the reasons for its routine by-passing of NCS inspection in breach of section 57 of CEMA, Cap 45 of the export guidelines for oil and gas sector.
A letter signed by the chairman of the committee, Rep. Yakubu Dogara (PDP Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro/Dass/Bauchi), addressed to the GMD of NNPC urged the corporation to offer some explanation. The committee also directed the Oil Producers Trade Group which includes all the multinational oil companies operating in the country to submit copies of their memoranda to the committee.
According to the letter, “On the mandate given by the House, the committee on customs met and resolved among other things to request for detailed comments and your position of section 57 of CEMA, CAP, C45, LFN 2004 vested the power to make regulations as to exportation”, the letter reads.
It stated “that all oil exporters operating under oil producers trade group should submit copies of their Ingle Goods Declaration Forms (SGD’s) submitted to the Nigeria Customs Service from 2000 to 2009 in line with section 57 of CEMA, Cap c45 of export guidelines for oil and gas and non-oil.
“In tandem with the provision of CEMA, the crude oil (transportation and shipment) regulation (S.1.44 of 1984) made pursuit to section 9 of the petroleum Act, cap P10, laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004 also specified the duty of the Nigeria customs service in the expect of crude oil, particularly regulation 6 thereof.
He added that the NNPC has also breached regulation 29 of the Law, which states that “Nigeria Customs service shall submit to the director, trade and exchange department, Central Bank of Nigeria monthly, shipment copies (Fourth copy) of the NXP Form to cover that period’s export transaction”.
Those to appear before the public hearing include; Lagos Chamber of commerce and Industry, Chevron Nig Ltd, Texaco Overseas Nig. Ltd., Elf Petroleum Nig. Ltd, Mobil Producing Nig. Unltd, AMNI International Pro. Dev. Company Ltd, Nigeria Agip Oil Company Ltd. Conoco Energy Nig. Ltd, Abacan Resources Nig. Ltd and Addax Petroleum Company Nig. Ltd.
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