The management of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has formally
applied for the sum of $315,598,823.29, the judgment debt to the Nigerian
Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), reports ITRealms.
This follows the recent judgement on October 3, 2017 by the
Federal High Court in Lagos in favour of NLNG and against NIMASA, and that all
such payments already made by NLNG to NIMASA should be refunded immediately.
The sum, ITRealms reports,
represents the payments made under protest to NIMASA by NLNG since 2013, via direct
and shipping losses incurred by NLNG due to the initial 2-day blockade of the
Bonny Channel by NIMASA in May 2013.
The Court Presided
over by Hon. Justice M. B. Idris had held that NIMASA was wrong in blocking the
Bonny Channel for the purpose of enforcing the payments against NLNG.
Commenting on the
development, General Manager External Relations of NLNG, Dr. Kudo Eresia-Eke
described the Federal High Court ruling transcending above simply but legal
victory for NLNG.
“It must be viewed for what it really is: A resounding
message from Nigeria to the global investment community. The message is that we
can be trusted to keep our sovereign word and that Nigeria remains open for
business, partnership and investments,” he said.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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