The House of Representatives joint committees has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, to appear on May 8, 2024 over a probe on environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies in oil producing communities in the country.
Chairman of the House Committee on Environment, Pondi Gbabojor gave the summon at an investigative hearing on the need to investigate the service and unprecedented environmental damage within the communities.
Also to appear before the joint committee are the chief executives of some oil companies and relevant government agencies. The House committees include Environment, Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Petroleum Resources (Downstream) and Climate Change.
Gbabojor said the matter to be addressed was critical as he threatened appropriate sanctions if those invited failed to turn up.
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