Come Clean On Alleged N378bn NLNG Dividend Diversion – PDP Tells FG

The main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Federal government to give explanation on the alleged diversion of N378 billion Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividends.

Kola Ologbondiyan, the spokesperson of the PDP conveyed the massage of the party in a press statement, on Monday in Abuja.

Ologbondiyan stated that Nigerians were surprised by the discovered how the funds from the NLNG was secretly lifted and spent without the appropriation of the National Assembly.

Ologbondiyan said that available intelligence report showed that a huge part of the money was allegedly diverted under the guise of subsidy payments.

“If there was no ulterior agenda, if the money was actually meant for payment of subsidy, why was it drawn and purportedly spent without recourse to the constitutionally required approval of the National Assembly and other due process procedures under our laws?

The party admonished the Buhari led-Federal government to come out clean as regards the alleged diversion.

“Finally, the PDP urges the National Assembly to immediately open an inquest into the N378 billion NLNG scandal and unravel who actually authorised the withdrawal and the beneficiaries.’’