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ft.com editorial ReplyNigeria’s missing petrol billions Case for shaking up the oil industry has never been clearer Corruption in Nigeria has fed for generations on state monopolies that encourage failure on a grand scale. Yet each time over the past two decades that government has found the political will to break up these power centres, the country’s potential as the leading driver of continental growth has become evident. The case for commercialising the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the state oil company, has never been so clear. Because of its position as a source typically of 70 per cent of state revenues and more than 90 per cent of export earnings, oil and the way it is managed is central to Nigeria’s economic wellbeing. As things stand, the NNPC is at the centre of a rotten industry which is a barrier to growth. According to Lamido Sanusi, the outspoken governor of the central bank, mismanagement at the NNPC and other state agencies in upstream and downstream energy is costing the treasury about $1bn every month. His detailed revelations to a senate committee and the unprecedented scrutiny that oil sector transactions now face as a result, should provide ammunition for reformers in and outside government to demand an urgent clean-up. The scale of losses is now so huge it is jeopardising macroeconomic fundamentals despite the soaring price of oil. It is stripping the treasury of rainy-day savings, placing the currency and foreign reserves under stress and forcing the central bank to raise interest rates. The potential benefits of shaking up the oil industry are correspondingly great. Reforms to Nigeria’s banking system have led to the emergence of a new generation of banks with the scale to challenge South Africa’s financial powerhouses in a race for regional expansion. The case for liberalisation was made more strikingly still in telecommunications. During the 1980s and 1990s, Nigeria squandered untold billions digitalising its landline network in a quasi monopolistic relationship between the state company Nitel and Germany’s Siemens. Only one in 300 Nigerians ended up with access to a phone. The explosive growth of mobile phone use since the government auctioned off GSM licences in 2001 showed what is possible in Africa’s most populous nation when the dead hand of the state is lifted. There are now some 110m connected phones. President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has begun to tackle the next main impediment to growth: chronic power shortages. The privatisation programme he has launched, in the face of stiff resistance from interests vested in procurement fraud and the lucrative import of diesel to run generators, is the most ambitious in Africa. Eventually, this should eliminate another costly racket while delivering cheap electricity. The government’s record on managing energy resources is another matter. The gradual elimination of rent-seeking opportunities in other sectors appears to be concentrating hands in the oil till. Mr Sanusi’s exposé suggests that, like power and telecoms before it, Nigeria’s oil industry is on a path of diminishing returns as a result. The forensic audit that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister, has initiated in response could go some way towards identifying where money is going missing. But the value of such an audit will be limited if the government subsequently fails – as it has before – to plug the holes, prosecute the culprits and use the evidence to change the way Nigeria buys and sells its oil. The case for untethering the NNPC from the political system and restructuring the body is clear. With commercially priced domestic gas and fuel supplies, functioning refineries and an oil export industry that pays its own way, there is every reason to believe Nigeria might finally take off. The status quo, on the other hand, will bleed the country dry.
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thank you mr president we do not need corrupt person to handle the CBN remember all eyes on you if the country is good you will be praise but on the contrary you will be blamed so do not mind those chopping from zanusi enus in every successful move there is opposition Reply
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This aboki man ur hand aint clear either thief Reply
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GOOD THANK SIR MR PRESIDENT ,MUMU GUY MR BOKO YOU JUST WANT TO PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE OIL,SORRY SANUSI YOUR THE MOST STURPID PERSON I NEVER SEE IN MY LIFE,YOUR CHARENGE YOUR PRESIDENT,FOR WHT ARE YOU CRAZY?GO AND TAKE YOUR GUN AND JOIN YOUR BROTHERS BOKO ,MONKEY HEHEHEHEHEHEH Reply![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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please my peaple lets wait and see whats on ground since investigation is going on i think we should wait and see d outcome, if he is found wanton he will face the law but if not he will go back to his work is just suspension to enable investigation, why all these tension?i think is a good move for the president i believe this administration is trying to check corruption henceforth so lets give him the support and eliminate tribal sentiment we all are Nigerians but the bad people will not let things be Reply
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Quote from: angesco on 21-02-2014 06:21 AM Mr President, STOP LOOKING FOR SCAPEGOATS AND PUNISH THE EMBEZZLER'S.
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Quote from: cadanre on 20-02-2014 02:49 PM It is very clear that Jonathan's administration cannot go along with honest and transparent people like SLS. With him in the administration, more bizzare corruption activities will be exposed and the government shamed. No matter how much they tried to paint him, CBN Governor has the best record so far in this administration. GEJ has the worst record as a president of this country. So let them say what they want to say about him, the whole world knows him as simply the BEST. Sometime its best 2 keep shunt & get ur fact right. PHD in Islamic religion does dat position fit him?
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that is good Reply
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Quote from: angesco on 21-02-2014 06:21 AM Mr President, What are the criterion for developed and First Nations ?? STOP LOOKING FOR SCAPEGOATS AND PUNISH THE EMBEZZLER'S. NOW!!! NIGERIA IS BLESSED WITH RESOURCES TO BE A RICH NATION BUT THOSE WHO HAVE NO PRIDE IN NIGERIA AS A NATION ARE ROBBING US BLIND. WE ARE NOT A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY OR A DEVELOPING NATION - WE ARE FIRST WORLD AND DEVELOPED!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]()
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He has self destructed, he was made the governor just because of his political clouts, and not for his qualification, He's an Islamic zealot, he tried to saddle the whole country with an Islamic banking system even though Nigeria is a secular state, he was doling out unauthorized funds to Islamic N P O's who in turn diverts these cash to Muslim extremist groups like Bokoharam, he's nothing but an incompetent chaff and an APC lackey good riddance !!! Reply
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why do Igbo's support GEJ for every bad things he does Reply![]()
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HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAH, DAYS OF BORN TO RULE IS OVER HAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAAHHAHAA, SANUSI MEET PERSON THERE BEFORE HIM HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA, TIME TO FLUSH FULANI PEOPLE OUT FROM THE SEAT HAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHHA, , THIS OUR COUNTRY IS REALLY WAKING UP FROM THE HANDS OF FOOLS, HAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHHA, THANK U GEJ, HAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAH, ReplyQuote from: MrKGJason on 20-02-2014 10:15 AM Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Has Been Suspended By President Jonathan Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ![]()
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YOU ARE MUMU PLUS ODE,THIS SHOW HOW LONG SIGHTED U ARE HOW CAN UR CANTRAL BANK GOVERNOR MISTAKE 20 BILLION FOR 49 BILLION, ABI HE NO GO SCHOOL? Reply![]() Quote from: lakeview on 20-02-2014 10:23 AM Mumu, it shows just how short sighted you are. We are talking about boldness to exposes billions of dollars stolen , you are talking about contracts.
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Penalizing Lamido Sanusi leaves one thinking if corruption will ever die in Nigeria. Reply
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WHY CALLING ON IGBOS NOW, ARNE BANZA, WHEN UR FOOLISH PEOPLE WAS THINKING THAT THEY ARE BORN TO RULE DID U SAY ANYTHING? Reply![]() ![]() Quote from: rotawo on 21-02-2014 02:19 PM why do Igbo's support GEJ for every bad things he does ![]()
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this is terrible. Some Countries do not have 20Billion Dollars and we cannot give account of the one we have, God have rescue Nigeria. Reply
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WELL SPOKEN MY MAN, ReplyQuote from: Mobbysmartins on 20-02-2014 11:49 AM Very good move by the President.This man is the conduit by which the Boko Haram gets their funding.Most Nigerians are too preoccupied with other things to realize that the Central Bank Governor is the financial conduit for the Boko Haram.Thank you Mr.President.The chickens are coming home to roost.
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WELL SPOKEN MY MAN, ReplyQuote from: Mobbysmartins on 20-02-2014 11:49 AM Very good move by the President.This man is the conduit by which the Boko Haram gets their funding.Most Nigerians are too preoccupied with other things to realize that the Central Bank Governor is the financial conduit for the Boko Haram.Thank you Mr.President.The chickens are coming home to roost.
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