The Farouk Lawan-led House Ad-Hoc Committee and the Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede Presidential Committee both investigated 2009–2011 subsidy claims. Lawan tainted by the Otedola bribery scandal. Aig-Imoukhuede recommended ₦382bn recovery; only modest amounts collected.
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Subsidy Probe — Lawan / Aig-Imoukhuede
PPPRA oversight failure. Recommended recovery of ₦382bn unverified subsidy claims. Some prosecutions, no major recoveries.
Sources
- · Lawan Report (HR79/2012)
- · Aig-Imoukhuede Presidential Committee Report (2012)
What it cost — political & economic reality
The political and economic reality
Nigeria in 2012: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.
President · Fourth Republic
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
2010–2015· PDP
National reality
GDP rebasing April 2014 made Nigeria Africa's largest economy. Chibok abduction 14 April 2014 (276 girls). Sovereign Wealth Fund established 2012. Fuel-subsidy protests January 2012. Lost the 2015 election — first incumbent defeated.
Crises of the period
- #OccupyNigeria fuel-subsidy protests (Jan 2012)
- Chibok abduction (Apr 2014)
- Boko Haram caliphate at peak (2014)
- Oil price crash from mid-2014
GDP (World Bank)
$369 bn (2010) → $546 bn (2014, post-rebasing — largest African economy)
Cabinet (selected portfolios)
- Finance
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Coordinating Minister of the Economy)
- Education
Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i; Ibrahim Shekarau
- Petroleum
Diezani Alison-Madueke
Source: Federal Gazette 2010–15; NBS GDP rebasing report 2014
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
Wikipedia is never a source.