NEITI bemoans unpaid $1.4bn gas royalty, flare penalty

The Nigerian Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has lamented the whopping $1.3886b revenue loss accruable to the federal government in unpaid gas royalty and gas flare penalties.

Giving a breakdown, NEITI disclosed that unpaid gas royalty stands at $559.8 million, while the debt stock to gas flare penalty stands at $828.8 million.

The revenue is due to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and is payable by the NNPCL and oil companies in Nigeria.