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Nigerian Minister Is Said to Query $24 Billion Oil Contracts

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Nigerian Minister Is Said to Query $24 Billion Oil Contracts

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s oil minister sent a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari listing at least $24 billion of contracts involving the state oil company that he said were never discussed with him or the firm’s board, a copy of the document seen by Bloomberg shows. Emmanuel Kachikwu, the state minister for petroleum resources, complained in the seven-page, August 30 letter to Buhari that during the more than one-year tenure of Nigerian National Petroleum…

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