The Senate has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Seplat Energy, Network E&P Nigeria Ltd and other oil firms to appear before its Public Accounts Committee.
The directive followed the companies’ failure to attend Tuesday’s investigative hearing in Abuja to answer audit queries contained in reports reviewed by lawmakers.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other companies handed the ultimatum include All Grace Energy Ltd and Aradel Energy.
The audit queries are contained in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 reports submitted by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
Chairman of the Senate committee, Abdul Ningi, criticised the absence of the affected companies, describing their conduct as disturbing and unacceptable.
