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Eugene

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 04:35 PM Mar 2016

Nigeria's NNPC 'failed to pay' $16bn in oil revenues

Source: BBC

Nigeria's NNPC 'failed to pay' $16bn in oil revenues

15 March 2016 Africa

Nigeria's state-owned oil company has failed to pay the government $16bn (£11bn) in a suspected fraud, according to an official audit.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) provided no explanation for the missing funds, the auditor general told MPs.

Oil revenue accounts for two-thirds of the government's funding.

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to crack down on corruption since coming to office last May.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35810599
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