ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE   ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).   The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).   To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.   The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry.   Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...

EFCC PROMISES TO STEM TIDE OF RICE SMUGGLING.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     Members of the Rice Producers Association of Nigeria, RPAN, led by its Vice President, Mr. Paul Eluhaiwe, visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, headquarters on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The five-man team came to seek the Commission’s intervention towards stemming the tide of rice smuggling, which they noted was threatening the Federal Government’s initiative on domestic rice production.
According to them, they are losing millions of naira in revenue to rice importers as they are now unable to sell their stock due to dumping by the importers.
The importers are a cartel that ship-in parboiled rice into the country through Benin Republic and Niger Republic, from where the produce are smuggled into Nigeria. According to Eluhaiwe, “The smugglers do not pay duties, government loses revenue in the process, a clear case of economic sabotage.”
He disclosed that the rice are imported from India, Thailand and Vietnam, saying “These produce are inferior to our local rice, but the importers are able to sell at cheaper prices because they do not pay duties.”
One of the local producers claimed that he used to sell 10 trucks loads per day before December 2018, but since then, he is barely able to sell two trucks per day. Consequently, he was forced to lay off staff and reduce the capacity of his mill.
He has also not been able to patronise those who supply him as a consequence. These experiences, he said, cut across all producers.In his response, the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, promised to assist the local producers through an existing EFCC/Customs partnership.
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