The APC has taken a swipe at the Director General (DG) of the PDP Presidential Campaign, Dr. Bukola Saraki, over what it described as baseless campaign of calumny directed at the person of Mr. President.
In a release signed by Festus Keyamo, the DG Strategic communication to the APC presidential campaign council
It said that Dr. Bukola Saraki’s statement as aired on Channels Televison amounted to a demonstration of hallucination with figures, it noted that Sarakis claim in an interview with Channels Television that Nigeria’s petrol consumption is about 20-22 million Iitres per day and that the current import level of about 50million litres is a scam and fraudulent was unfortunate stating that the same Saraki was in the 7thSenate and knows very well that in 2014 and part of 2015, the PDP Government that was in power was reporting to Nigerians daily PMS consumption of 35-40 million litres per day.
“Strangely, years later, the PDP Campaign DG is peddling a phantom fuel consumption figure of 20-22 million litres per day. The PDP Chief Campaigner discountenanced the obvious fact that within the last three years of the current administration, the Nigerian economy that PDP left in comatose has been jump-started to vibrancy leading to remarkable changes in energy consumption needs and patterns
The allegation that the national oil company prevailed on Mr. President not to seek appropriation for subsidy and to rather treat it as cost under-recovery is not only laughable and mischievous, but it is a blatant lie.
Verifiable records indicate that NNPC has never claimed subsidy payment from any government in its history of operation. All NNPC’s transactions in this regard have been treated as product costs under-recovery.
The Corporation, like any other business entity, does its business and recovers its cost from its revenues.
It is instructive to note that in his rush to indict the NNPC and the President, willy-nilly, Dr. Bukola Saraki forgot that a Senate Committee was set up by him to investigate the intervention of NNPC in PMS imports.
The mandate of the Committee includes volumes, costs and any associated under-recoveries. The big question remains; why would he not wait for the outcome of the Committee he set up to investigate the matter? Is it because he believes the outcome of his Committee will not satisfy his predetermined mindset?
The statement urged Nigerians to ignore the tantrums of Dr. Bukola Saraki as it concern the oil and gas sector.
