By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja
The Chairman House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating all crude oil exports from 2014 till date as well as the illegal sale of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude in China in 2015, Mark Gbillah, has vowed to deploy all tools to recover the alleged loss of $2.4 billion revenue accrued to the government in the sales.
Gbillah, who also said the committee would unravel the facts behind the allegations made by whistleblowers, gave the assurance at the inauguration of his committee in Abuja yesterday.
It will be recalled that the House last week, via a motion by Ibrahim Isiaka, resolved to investigate the issues.
the lawmaker said the assignment would take them to various parts of the world, including the United States of America, Mexico and China, in search of useful information.
He said the amount involved was too huge to be ignored by any responsible parliament in times of economic crunch.
He said: “Like I said initially, this is the House Adhoc Committee to investigate the alleged loss of 2.4 billion dollars from the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil. It’s also mandated by the House to investigate crude oil sales from 2014 till date and whistleblower information and recoveries and expenditure of these recoveries.
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