Nigeria’s state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), failed to remit $1.9bn to the government’s account at the end of 2021, NEITI says in its audit report for 2021.

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Ogbonnaya Orji, head of NEITI at the unveiling of the report in Abuja on Monday, said the organisation discovered this information and felt it was “important that the public knows about it.”

NEITI publishes a yearly audit of the oil, gas, and solid minerals sector. While the reports provide critical insights into the financial activities of the energy sector, they have been criticised for coming out too late for meaningful action to be taken against companies and government agencies, the report indicts.