Lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole has declared the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, a house of thieves following a claim by the former Chief Financial Officer of the company, Umar Aliya.
Aliya had during a session by the Senate Public Accounts Committee investigating alleged misappropriation of funds running into trillions of naira, claimed that some officials want their children employed in the government-owned company.
Furiously reacting to the claim, Oshiomhole said NNPC lacked reputation, stating that the alleged officials seeking employment for their children only want their family to benefit from their financial crimes.
He said, “I heard you saying that people want their children to be employed in NNPC, that is because it is a house of thieves and they want their children to benefit from it.
“NNPC has no reputation, your reputation is for fraud. How can you sit down here and say people want their children employed in NNPC? So you think we are joking here”?
Oshiomhole’s view of the company’s operations have been generating reactions on social media with some netizens hailing his courage.