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Senate Approves N348.003 Billion Subsidy Debt To 74 Oil Marketers

The Senate has approved the payment of N348.003 billion to 74 Oil Marketing Companies, (OMCs),  as outstanding fuel subsidies owed them by the federal government as at June 30, 2017.

The approval  is sequel to the presentation at plenary of a 14-page interim report of the Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector by the Chairman, Senator Kabir Marafa, on promissory  note programme  and a bond issuance to settle inherited local debts and contractual obligations to petroleum marketers.

The payment, according to Senate, will be through promissory note programme and bond issuance to settle inherited local debts and contractual obligations to the 74 oil marketing companies .

A breakdown of the 74 OMCs shows that 55 oil marketers are to be paid verified figures against their names while 19 others with contentious claims are to be paid 65 percent of their claims pending further investigation.

The oil marketers and the amount verified and approved against their names include Folawiyo Energy N7.56 billion; Mobil N8.28 billion; Total N21.56 billion, Techno Oil N10.19 billion;  Mrs. Oil and Gas N20.94 billion; Northwest Petroleum N17.24 billion; Rain Oil Ltd N12.71 billion; Obat Oil N2.90 billion and Integrated Oil N6.53 billion.

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Those with contentious claims and their approvals include Conoil N5.58 billion; Forte Oil Plc N15.48 billion; Oando Plc N14.97 billion; Swift Oil N6.13 billion; Blacklight N7.25 billion; IPMAN Investment N1.22 billion and Tempopgate Oil N2.12 billion.