Nigerian lawmakers have set up a committee to investigate allegations of corruption at the state oil company contained in a letter from the minister of state for petroleum.
In the letter from Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu to President Muhammadu Buhari, dated 30 August and confirmed by the Oil Ministry, the minister said the conduct of the head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) lacked transparency.
He said recent appointments by NNPC's group managing director (GMD), Maikantu Baru, should be suspended pending a review.
