{"id":87533,"date":"2021-09-29T07:17:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T06:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=87533"},"modified":"2021-09-29T07:17:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T06:17:41","slug":"neiti-77-oil-companies-owing-fg-n2-6trn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/29\/neiti-77-oil-companies-owing-fg-n2-6trn\/","title":{"rendered":"NEITI: 77 oil companies owing FG N2.6trn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Executive secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Ogbonnaya Orji has disclosed that 77 oil companies owe the federal government N2.659 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Orji while speaking with journalists at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday said NEITI\u2019s findings are contained in its 2019 audit reports of the oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n<p>The ES said the sum owed the government could fund 46 percent of Nigeria\u2019s 2021 budget deficit of N5.6 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NEITI reports based on findings in its 2019 audit reports of the oil and gas sector show that oil and gas companies in Nigeria owe the government about $6.48billion which equals about N2.659 trillion at today\u2019s exchange rate of N410.35,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData available to NEITI indicates that 77 companies (including international and Nigerian-owned oil and gas companies) owe these debts which arise from failure to remit petroleum profit tax, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/22\/sgf-buhari-has-directed-firs-to-tax-digital-transactions\/\">company income tax<\/a>, education tax, value-added tax, withholding tax, royalty and concession on rentals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis debt is at a time when the government is borrowing money to fund the provision and upgrade of infrastructure for Nigerians, uplift their standards of living, provide steady power supply and access to good roads, quality healthcare and security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA breakdown of the figures shows that a total of $143.99 million is owed as petroleum profit taxes, $1.089 billion as company income taxes and $201.69 million as education tax. Others include $18.46 million and \u00a3972,000 as value-added tax, $23.91 million and \u00a3997,000 as withholding tax, $4.357 billion as royalty oil, $292.44 million as royalty gas, while $270.187 million and $41.86 million were unremitted gas flare penalties and concession rentals respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA comparative analysis of what this huge sum can contribute to economic development shows that it could have covered the entire capital budget of the federal government in 2020 or even used to service the federal government\u2019s debt of $2.68billion in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2021, the 2.659 trillion could fund about 46% of Nigeria\u2019s 2021 budget deficit of N5.6 trillion, and is even higher than the entire projected oil revenue for 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orji said that he is \u201ccommitted to strengthening the powers and functions of the NEITI through an amendment of the NEITI Law enacted in 2007\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amendment is to align the law with EITI emerging issues, the new Petroleum Industry Act and ongoing reforms in the industry,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Ogbonnaya Orji has disclosed that 77 oil companies owe the federal government N2.659 trillion. 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