Mr Tinubu removed all the board members appointed with Messrs Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023.
Mr Olukoyede pledged to investigate the report’s findings and recommendations, noting that NEITI’s previous reports led to the recovery of over N1 billion.
NNPC had postponed the much-anticipated commencement of the Port Harcourt refinery six times.
Mr Orji said NEITI organised the event to domesticate ideals of the IWD into its operations.
“We also want to see what could be done to make NEITI less dependent on government for funding.”
He said the ministry’s improved operations and drive for reforms were premised on its robust engagements with NEITI since 2011.
The report, he said, also covered nine selected states Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Gombe, Imo, Kano, Nasarawa, Ondo and Rivers.
The committee is to reverse the trend of the 23 failed oil blocks being managed by oil companies under a sharing contract with the NNPCL.
“The funds in question and other crucial facts, information and data are contained in the recently released NEITI report.”
“I hear things like scarcity of forex. What is scarcity of forex, as if the world owes us any forex? The world does not owe us any forex.”
