The Senate has questioned the $1.5bn approved in 2021 for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company with little or no result.
Senate also vowed to probe allegations of sabotage to the supply of crude oil to domestic refineries.
Already, the National Assembly has invited officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, among others.
It raised this concern amid the pervasive allegations of sabotage in the petroleum industry by major players in the sector.
Senate was not happy the way government entities are been handled.
The Leader of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate the Alleged Economic Sabotage in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, raised the questions at a session with stakeholders in the industry at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja on Wednesday.
The session was attended by Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun; Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Melee Kyari; Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Mr Gbenga Komolafe; and Chief Executive Office, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Mr Farouk Ahmed, among others.
