How NNPC, Marketers, Others Collected Subsidy on Non-existent Pipelines – Ex-Gov Yuguda Exposes

A former Governor of Bauchi State and ex-Minister of State for Transportation and Aviation, Isa Yuguda, has exposed how the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other entities colluded to collect subsidy on pipelines that never existed.

Yuguda said he discovered this shocking scam when he served as the Chairman of the Sub-committee on Subsidy under the Goodluck Jonathan administration between 2008 and 2009.

He said he submitted his report to President Jonathan but nothing was done about it. He also said President Muhammadu Buhari failed to act on the expose when he came to power.

He made these revelations during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, June 26, 2023.

Yuguda said the NNPC and the marketers claimed to have pumped certain amounts of crude or finished products through pipelines that were not in existence and then filled papers and invoices to claim subsidy on them.

He said this was part of the fuel subsidy scam that has been draining the nation’s resources for years.

“I am sad to let Nigerians know what I saw; we came across situations where subsidy was claimed on pipelines that never existed.

“They (NNPC and Marketers) just claim that they have pumped X amount of either finished products or crude.

“Those that claim to pump the products and those that are in the subsidy scam, they just fill papers, invoices and they claim subsidy on it.”

He also said a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hired some chartered accountants to probe the subsidy claims and found out that N2 Billion dollars were spent on fuel subsidies.

He said one of his friends who was benefitting from the subsidy scam met with former President Jonathan and asked him to stop it as they were tired of making money.

“One of my friends collecting Fuel subsidy money met with a former President and asked him to stop it as they were tired of making money.”

Yuguda said the removal of subsidy was long overdue but previous governments lacked the political will to do so.

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