Ex-lawmaker files FOI requests seeking legality of presidential directive splitting NUPRC cost of collection

The FOI requests were served to the NUPRC, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President, the Federal Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Finance, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Budget Office, the Bureau of Public Procurement, the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI)., Gbillah is requesting records establishing the legal, constitutional, statutory and administrative basis for the directive, including its compliance with the Petroleum Industry Act, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended, the Public Procurement Act and other applicable laws.

The filings demand statutory justification and official documentation regarding a Presidential directive that altered the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) statutory Cost of Collection.