‘Two Nigerian oil blocks awarded to Ojulari’s friends’ – Momoh replies NNPCL, NUPRC

The convener of the Oil & Gas Professionals Forum, Ayodele Momoh, has replied the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, implicit allegations that lipid blocks were awarded to friends and allies of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned lipid firm, Bayo Ojulari.

Momoh, successful a connection at the weekend, insisted that astatine slightest 2 lipid blocks successful the just-concluded licensing circular by the NUPRC were awarded to Ojulari’s friends.

The vigor nonrecreational accused NNPCL of diverting attraction from concerns raised implicit the Marginal Field bid round.

DAILY POST reports that NNPCL, successful a connection on Saturday in response to OGPF, had exonerated Ojulari from immoderate wrongdoing portion highlighting the firm’s show nether his leadership.

However, successful a elaborate reply to NNPCL, OGPF accused the lipid steadfast of issuing a misleading and diversionary effect to concerns raised implicit the latest Marginal Field bid circular and alleged links involving Ojulari.

The radical insisted that of the 31 companies that emerged arsenic winners and the 37 disposable lipid blocks that were subsequently awarded...