Edo Governor says DPR collected N30billion illegally

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole has once again spoken out on allegedly misappropriated funds by accusing the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) of illegally collecting N30 billion during the last administration.

Oshiomhole made the revelation on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, while speaking at a seminar organized by the Post-Mortem sub-committee of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).

The governor said:

“Chairman, you must compel the DPR to refund the money. Edo state will pursue its own share of that money because we have not authorized the DPR to take it. And we have the right to go to court if it is not done because for me I want to die for something and not for nothing because I know I will die.”

“DPR’s budget as I understand is about N4 billion annually and in one month illegally they have deducted 4 per cent from certain accruals from royalties among others amounting to over N2 billion. If your annual budget is about N4 billion and you collect over N2 billion in one month which means in a year you are going to collect close to between N24 and N30 billion where your total expenditure is not more than N4 billion. “

“This is not only illegal, it is unjust and not acceptable in a decent society. We cannot all keep quiet even in the face of everyone abusing power. We drive round the country we see a lot of our able young men.”

“In today’s post mortem we want to know how much NIMASA has earned over the years under president Goodluck Jonathan that was never transferred to the federation account and where is the money and how much is it? We also want to know how much NPA transferred to the federation account and if they did not how much do they earn and where is the money?”

Oshiomhole had previously accused former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of mismanaging Nigeria’s economy and misappropriating funds.

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Watch video of Oshiomhole criticizing Okonjo-Iweala below: