No plan to increase pump price of petroleum, says NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on yesterdy described as false, rumours of an imminent increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim, the Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC.

In the statement, the NNPC stated that there were no plans by the Federal Government to increase the price of fuel in the country.

The corporation also reassured Nigerians that there was enough supply of fuel in the country at the moment.

$20BN: OKONJO-IWEALA INSISTS ON FORENSIC AUDIT

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala  has insisted on knowing the whole truth about the alleged missing $20bn believed to have led to the

suspension of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

She stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Finance Ministry. According to the statement, the minister, “asked for urgent action with regard to an independent forensic audit of

conflicting claims of unaccounted funds made by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamdio Sanusi.”