 The House of Representatives is to provide an accountability mechanism to ensure that national resources are administered more effectively and fairly for the good of the citizens. House Speaker Femi Baja Bia-Mila said this at a public hearing. It's on the need to recover the outstanding 2.6 trillionaire debt owed to the federal government by oil and gas companies operating in the country. Mr. Baja Bia-Mila reiterated the commitment of the House to use legislative instruments to ensure transparency and accountability in managing public resources. The Speaker said the House would not hesitate in evoking relevant legislative authority on any stakeholder that failed to cooperate in the exercise. To underscore the importance of this exercise, let me make a bold statement that if there are companies that fabricate or refuse to cooperate in this exercise, it may be the first time in the Ninth Assembly, maybe even in history, that we will need or I personally will invoke the provisions of the Constitution and however is responsible or does not cooperate with the committee having arrested under the provisions of the Constitution. That's how important this exercise is. If true, 2 trillion, 600 billion is not child's play and if it is true, we need to recover that money. Is that the art of negligence that people are colluding that these companies get away with it or that people decided on their own to scuttle the process of good governance in this country? Because all over the world, I know of a truth that tax evasion is a serious crime and people don't get away with it and walk around the streets if they don't pay taxes and it's only in our country here that we take it with levity. So that's why I say this is called for action. We are no more going to sit back and allow people get away with this kind of thing. The disclosures were other taxes in various forms and then the other was payment of royalty and we are concerned about 2019 and our report emphasized that these payments were not made as certain when they are set 20th of December 2020, 20th of December 2020. So whatever happens after 28th of December 2020 can only be captured by a relevant report in 2021. So total amount of standing as of 1st February 2022 is $467.69 million and out of that MPDC owes $440.068 million. That's 94% of that amount. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.