By Michael Eboh

Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday, stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, since the advent of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has not defaulted in its remittances to the Federation Account.

According to a statement by the NNPC, El-Rufai made this known when the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru paid him a courtesy visit in Kaduna.

Gov. Nasir-El-Rufai

El-Rufai stated that the NNPC is now on track and has become the most important Federal Government Institution which everybody feel part of through its impact on the economy.

He said, “Since the coming of the President Buhari administration, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) remittances by the NNPC are regular, lowering the intensity of complaints on the issue by Governors.

“I have not being impressed with the NNPC in the past, and that is because of the then political leadership which used the Corporation as a conduit but with Baru at the helm, I believe NNPC is on the right track.”