The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has acknowledged the request by human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Mr. Femi Falana, for the details of the loss of about $60 billion oil revenue due to Nigeria.
In an April 11, 2019 reply, the minister, through his Chief of Staff, Ms. Oge Modie, acknowledged Falana’s letter but neither supplied the requested information nor promised to do so in future. He said he had, through a letter dated November 5, 2015, brought the issue to the attention of Kachikwu when he was the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation .
He stated, “In view of the foregoing, I am compelled to request you to furnish me with information on the revenue of $60 billion which the federal government has refused to collect from the International Oil Companies as at August 2017.
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Falana should direct his question 🙋 to PMB as the Petroleum minister. Kachikwu is just the junior minister, more or less a Spokesman
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