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I Approved NNPC Joint Venture Contracts – VP Osinbajo

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: October 12, 2017
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he approved joint venture contracts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) while he was acting President.

Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, had written a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he accused Baru of $26bn contract scam.

The NNPC, had on Wednesday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo approved the contracts while President Muhammadu Buhari was on medical leave.

Spokesman of the Vice-President, Laolu Akande in a series of tweets on Thursday Osinbajo approved the contracts.

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He said this was to deal with a huge backlog of unpaid cash calls and incentivise investments.

“In response to media inquiries on NNPC joint venture financing, VP Osinbajo, as Ag President approved recommendations after due diligence & adherence to established procedure.

“Action necessary to deal with huge backlog of unpaid cash calls which Buhari adm. inherited and also to incentivize much needed fresh investments in the oil & gas sector.” he tweeted.

…& adherence to established procedure. Action necessary to deal with huge backlog of unpaid cash calls which Buhari adm. inherited…

— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) October 12, 2017

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….and also to incentivize much needed fresh investments in the oil & gas sector

— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) October 12, 2017

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