OPINION: ChatGPT search missing/unaccounted funds in Nigeria from 2014 to 2026

ME: ChatGPT, please conduct a deep search and provide a chronological list of 30 missing/unaccounted funds in Nigeria from 2014 to 2026. The list should focus on cases that have gone cold with no one prosecuted or jailed. Also, start with the total sum.

Total Sum
$107.18 billion
₦85.74 trillion

Zero Prosecution or Jail Term.

Breakdown.

1. $10.8 billion in missing NNPC oil revenues (2014) – audit of NNPC books over large missing funds was ordered. (businessnews)
2. $20 billion in unaccounted NNPC oil sales revenue (2014) – forensic audit ordered into alleged missing oil revenue. (dw)
3. $3.4 billion from IMF COVID‑19 loan unaccounted (2020 audit) – lawsuit urged probe on missing IMF funds. (nairametrics)
4. ₦149.36 billion unaccounted in federal MDAs (2020 audit) – 101 MDAs failed to account for funds. (icirnigeria)
5. ₦106 billion missing from MDA budgets (2018) – SERAP petition on unaccounted funds across ministries. (wikipedia)
6. ₦300 billion missing public funds (2017 audit) – SERAP called for probe by Buhari government. (thisdaylive)
7. ₦343.95 million missing in Ministry of Water Resources expenditures (2017) – audit finding in 2017. (nairametrics)
8. ₦250 billion missing/unauthorized expenditures in public coffers (2020/2021) – House Reps highlighted unaccounted expenditures. (leadership)
9. ₦825 billion + $2.5 billion missing at NNPCL (2021 audit) – calls for accountability on oil funds. (guardian)
10. ₦26 billion missing from PTDF & Petroleum Ministry (2021) – audit flagged missing oil sector funds. (serap-nigeria)
11. ₦57 billion missing from Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs (2021) – audit led to probe requests. (independent)
12. ₦18.6 billion missing National Assembly complex funds (2022 audit) – rights group demanded probe for missing construction funds. (arise)
13. ₦3 trillion missing/diverted public funds at CBN (2022 audit) – SERAP ultimatum over unaccounted sums. (punchng)
14. ₦1.44 trillion missing CBN public funds (2022 audit) – major unremitted operating surplus highlighted. (nigerianeye)
15. ₦22.3 billion + $49.7 million + £14.3 million + €5.2 million missing oil funds (2022 audit) – NNPCL failed to account. (serap-nigeria)
16. ₦500 billion unremitted oil revenue (2019–2024) – transparency groups cited gaps in oil receipts. (guardian)
17. Unexplained Treasury Single Account & Consolidated Revenue Fund gaps (~₦30 trillion+) (2019–2025) – Senate alarm over missing government funds. (awarenesstimes)
18. Over ₦3.403 trillion unaccounted in federal MDAs (2019–2021) – audit report flagged massive unaccounted infraction. (businessday)
19. Numerous MDAs without supporting documents for payments (2019–2021) – audit flagged billions in unauthorized spending. (businessday)
20. Almost ₦630 billion in CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme unrecovered (2018–2022) – Auditor‑General fears diversion. (serap-nigeria)
21. ₦784 billion in overdue loans/interventions unrecovered by CBN (2018–2022) – flagged in audit. (serap-nigeria)
22. Questionable CBN expenditures over ₦125 billion (2022) – no adequate documentation in audit. (serap-nigeria)
23. ₦149.4 billion revenue unaccounted in 2020 audit – MDAs failed to remit tax/deductions. (icirnigeria)
24. ₦37.2 billion government revenue not accounted (2020 audit) – highest misappropriation reported. (icirnigeria)
25. Various unauthorized MDA payments including ₦29.1 bn and ₦24.2 bn (2020 audit) – reported irregular expenditures. (icirnigeria)
26. ₦115.675 billion in irregular payments by multiple MDAs (2020 audit) – audit findings. (businessday)
27. The Malabu Oil deal missing ~$1.1 billion (2015) – long‑running unresolved oil deal funds. (en.wikipedia)
28. ₦80 billion fraud by Accountant‑General office over fictitious contracts (2022) – EFCC arrest linked to public funds misuse. (en.wikipedia)
29. Numerous MDAs failed to recover statutory tax liabilities (~₦69.9 bn) (2020 audit) – audit showed unaccounted government revenue. (businessday)
30. $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal unresolved (2015) – long-standing unresolved oil deal with little prosecution. (wikipedia)

Make of this post as you please but fact still remains Nigeria isn’t poor.

We aren’t lacking in revenue.

The truth is, we collect billions, trillions even, every year.

Yet, when you look at the list above, you begin to see the story behind what happens to our taxes, our levies, and the funds that are meant to build schools, hospitals, roads, and futures.

This is not about numbers.

This is about the lives those numbers could change, the opportunities that could be created, the generations that could benefit. Instead, billions slip through the cracks, unaccounted for, unresolved.

$107.18 billion stolen yet not a single person in jail.

May God help us.

Selah.

And most of the stolen money is oil money from the Niger Delta region. Shame to our Delta Region leaders.