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November 12, 2019
Nigerian Senate has directed theNigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to pay over 382 million naira itclaimed to have used in firefighting operation during a pipeline explosion inKom-Kom, Rivers State.
It also mandated the Corporation toimmediately pay the cash into the national treasury and provide evidence ofcompliance to its Committee on Petroleum Downstream.
The resolutions followed theacceptance of the recommendations of the report of the Senate Ad-hoc Committeechaired by Ibrahim Gobir that probed the Pipeline Explosion in Kom-kom, RiversState.
The report also explained that 96persons died during the inferno, according to the submissions of the Ruler ofKomkom community, S.N. Azuh and his Secretary, Kins Okorie which was attachedto the report.