The Chairman of the Directors Board of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanalla, said during his meeting with the monitoring bodies: « The public debt of the National Oil Corporation has reached 6.5 billion so far, according to what was announced by the financial management of the Corporation. Some companies were unable to provide salaries for four and five months, and service companies need more than 250 million dollars. »
He added: « Our role is to protect the oil sector from complete collapse, and it is part of the public money that should be preserved. No transaction shall go out without the permission of the internal audit department, and those who have not been signed by the department are not valid . »