The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is not aware of any “missing” N20billion in the company.
The company’s spokesman, GarbaDeen Muhammad, in an issued statement on Monday, said the company knew nothing about the payment of the sum of N20bn to ghost consultants as alleged by an online platform.
“The NNPC Ltd wishes to state that as a responsible corporate organisation, it does not have or deal with ghost consultants.
“At NNPC Ltd, the process of engaging consultants whenever the need arises is clear and verifiable and follow global best practices.
“It is therefore unfortunate that for whatever reason, the said online platform would make such a grievous allegation, mindless of the consequences of such actions. The claim of a missing N20bn is absolutely false and baseless”, Muhammad stated.
