The Northern Youth Progressive Forum, NYPF, has challenged the claim by the Senate Public Accounts Committee that about ₦210 trillion in the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, was unaccounted for, urging a technical review of the figures. Chairman of the Senate Public Accounts Committee, Senator Ahmed Wadada, had raised concerns over […] The post Group faults Senate committee’s ₦210tr NNPCL claim— Demands technical review appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Kingsley Adegbite  In Nigeria’s already fragile information environment, numbers have enormous power. When a public official declares that N210 trillion has gone missing, the figure is large enough to shock citizens, dominate headlines and inflame public anger. That is precisely why such claims must be handled with care and responsibility. Unfortunately, Senator Ahmed Wadada’s allegation […] The post N210tn Mirage: How Wadada’s claim on NNPCL collapses under simple arithmetic appeared firs...