The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the review of price of petroleum on Monday summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele to appear before it over allocation of foreign exchange to oil marketers for importation of petroleum products.
At Monday’s meeting, the committee chairman, Hon. Raphael Igbokwe insisted that the CBN governor must appear in person before it.
The committee had earlier met with the representative of the CBN governor, Director Financial Market Department, Dr. Alvan Ikokun but concluded that the representative was not competent to answer the question.
The committee mandated Emefiele to bring details of all beneficiaries of forex allocation from 2015 to date including the banks that processed the money during his appearance.
The representative of the Nigerian Navy, Director Marine at Naval Headquarters, Navy Commodore Preston Efedue informed the committee that the allegations by the oil marketers that they have to transport petrol products to neighbouring countries because of insecurity on Nigeria water ways was not true.
According to him, “I have asked the marketers one on one why they are discharging in Lome and not in Lagos, they said it was due to various charges being charged by the supervising agencies at the port are too numerous’.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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