…Committee summons NSA, NMDPRA, others Tuesday
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Monday failed to honour the Senate Public Accounts Committee’s invitation to defend queries arising from the 2021–2023 audit reports on Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, forcing the panel to issue fresh summons and threaten sanctions against the agencies.
The absence of the agencies stalled the commencement of the committee’s planned three-week investigative hearing into findings contained in the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) audit reports, which examine operations in the country’s extractive industry between 2021 and 2023.
The committee, chaired by Ibrahim Dankwabo, directed the management of the four agencies to appear before it on Thursday, August 6, 2026, warning that failure to honour the rescheduled invitation would attract sanctions under the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Senate Standing Orders.
Dankwabo said the committee would not tolerate what he described as disregard for the authority of the Senate, stressing that the investigation would continue until all agencies accounted for issues raised in the audit reports.
