The
Nigerian Senate joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream),
Appropriation and Finance has listed Oando Oil, CONOIL, African
Petroleum and MRS Oil are among the powerful players in the petroleum
sector that have shared over N3.655 trillion between 2006 and September
2011 in pursuit of importation of refined petroleum products.
The
chairman of the committee, Senator Magnus Ibe, also mentioned that over
N1.426 trillion was shared by some 100 companies in the downstream
sector and in construction, between January and August 2011 alone.
Oando
Oil is owned by Wale Tinubu; Mike Adenuga owns CONOIL, Femi Otedola
owns AP, while MRS Oil is run by Aliko Dangote’s brother, Sayyu Dantata.
Other
key players named are Pinaccle Construction Ltd, as well as Integrated
Oil and Gas, which is owned by a former Minister of the Interior, Capt.
Emmanuel Iheanacho.
The full list, and their individual haul, as read out by Senator Abe, is as follows:1. Oando Nigerian Plc. – N228.506 billion
2. MRS –N224.818 billion
3. Pinnacle Construction-N300 billion
4. Enak Oil & Gas –N19.684 billion
5. CONOIl – N37.960 billion
6. Bovas & Co. Nig. Ltd. – N5.685 billion,
7. Obat N85 billion and AP; N104.5billion.
8. Folawiyo Oil – N113.3 billion
9. IPMAN Investment Limited- N10.9billion
10. ACON – N24.1billion
11. Atio Oil-N64.4billion
12. AMP- N11.4billion
13. Honeywell-N12.2billion
14. Emac Oil- N19.2billion
15. D.Jones Oil-N14.8billion;
16. Capital Oil – N22.4 billion
17. AZ Oil- N18.613billion
18. Eterna oil- N5.57 billion
19. Dozil oil- N3.375 billion
20. Fort oil-N8.582 billion.
21.Integrated Oil and Gas- N30.777 billion
With
reference to 2011, the companies named by the Senate and the amount of
money they have received this year alone include Otedola’s African
Petroleum, N104.58 billion; A.A. Rano, N1.14 billion; A.S.B, N3.16
billion; Arcon Plc, N24.116 billion; Aminu Resources, N2.3 billion;
Avante Guard, N1.14 billion; Avido, N3.64 billion; Boffas and Company,
N3.67 billion; and Brilla Energy, N960.3 million.
Others
also listed are: DownStream Energy, N789.648 million; Dosil Oil and
Gas, N3.375 billion; Inco Ray, N1.988 billion; Eternal, N5.574 billion;
Folawiyo Energy, N113.32 billion;Frado
International, N2.63 billion; First Deepwater Oil, N257.396 million;
Heden Petrol, N693 million; Honeywell Petrol, N12.2 billion; Integrated
oil, N30.777billion; AMP, N11.417 billion; Ascon, N5.271 billion;
Channel Oil, N1.308 billion; Fort Oil, N8.582 billion; Enak Oil &
Gas, N19.684 billion; IPMAN Investment Limited, N10.9 billion; Atio
Oil, N64.4billion; AMP, N11.4billion; and Emac Oil, N19.2billion.
Media
reports showed that in 2006, only MRS, TOTAL and OANDO were officially
listed as beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy recognised by the Federal
Government.
The three companies were said to have been listed as “major marketers.”
In the following year, 2007, AP and MOBIL joined the three companies and were listed under the category of majors.
The
same year NIPCO was introduced and listed under the category of petrol
depot owners. A new category of “independents” included some marketers
who had no depots.
AITEO
Energy Resources and TRIQUEST Energy were also added in 2007, bringing
the total to eight beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy.
Our reporters gathered that the list
of subsidy beneficiaries increased sharply in 2008, rising to of 23,
including six majors. Also in 2008, CONOIL and NIPCO were joined by
Capital Oil and Folawiyo Energy, under the category of depot owners.
The
list of independents also increased from two in 2007 to 14 in 2008 as
AITEO and TRIQUEST were said to have been joined by TONIQUE Oil
services, IMAD Oil & Gas, Integrated Oil and Gas, Rahamaniyya, AMG
Petro Energy, Brittania, ACORN, A-Z Petroleum, SHIELD Petroleum and
MAJOPE Investment Limited.
And
in 2010, while the beneficiaries of the subsidy payment under the
category of major marketers remained steady at six and the depot owners
remained two, the list of independent marketers jumped up to 28, with
the curious inclusion of many relatively unknown and unheard-of
companies.
Competent
sources said that the lion’s percentage of N1.426 trillion fuel subsidy
for this year will go to Otedola’s AP, Wale Tinubu’s OANDO, TOTAL,
Sayyu Dantata’s MRS and And Mike Adenuga’s CONOIL.
Nigeria’s
President-elect, Mohammadu Buhari has promised to look into corruption
cases which has crippled the desired growth of the Company’s economy in
the past few years.
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