The Senate Committee on Local
Content yesterday threatened to sanction the Group General Manager of National
Petroleum Investment and Management Service (NAPIMS), Roland Ewubare, if he
shuns an invitation to appear before it in the next 24 hours.
The Chairman of the committee,
Sen. Solomon Adeola made this known in Abuja through a statement by his Media
Adviser, Kayode Odunaro.
Ewubare was expected to appear
before the committee to explain the huge variations associated with the $16
billion Egina Deep Sea Oil Project.
Adeola decried that it was
becoming a tradition in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and
its subsidiaries to treat National Assembly invitations with levity.
He said the committee would no
longer tolerate such, adding that “henceforth we will not deal with
‘lieutenants’ of these agencies without their heads or cogent reasons in
advance.
“NAPIMS has sent three General
Managers as representatives to the committee after it received an invitation
three weeks ago for appearance of the Group General Manager.
“He was invited to throw light on
submissions made by Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd handling the
Egina project but we have not seen him since the invitation was sent three
weeks ago,” he said.
The Vice Chairman of the
Committee, Sen. Godswill Akpabio according to the statement, expressed
displeasure over the inability of the GMD to appear before the committee.
He said it was important for him
to appear and answer questions on issues relating to how Nigerians were being
shortchanged by foreign companies and their local collaborators.
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