The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) recorded a decline in crude oil and condensate production in July, with output falling to 1.68 million barrels per day from 1.72 million barrels per day in June. ^[1] Businessday NG's editorial states that probes into crude-oil theft, alleged discrepancies in NNPCL accounts, petroleum-sector controversies, and the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council have generated public interest but remain unfinished, leaving Nigerians waiting for final reports, prosecutions, fund recovery, or institutional reforms. ^[2] Natural gas production declined from 7,841 million standard cubic feet per day in June to 7,489 million standard cubic feet per day in July, representing a 4.5 per cent drop. ^[3] NNPC reported ₦3.087 trillion in revenue and ₦279 billion in profit after tax for July, representing significant declines from the ₦4.389 trillion revenue and ₦535 billion profit after tax reported in June. ^[4] Section 88 of Nigeria's 1999 Constitution empowers both chambers of the National Assembly to investigate corruption, inefficiency, and waste in the administration of public funds, while Sections 128 and 129 grant state Houses of Assembly similar investigative powers. ^[5] The editorial argues that the National Assembly has constitutional authority but lacks a mechanism to ensure investigations produce outcomes, and it calls for shifting from 'investigation as an event' to 'investigation as a process with measurable consequences.' ^[6] The editorial proposes establishing an independent Legislative Oversight and Implementation Office to track recommendations, monitor agency compliance, and publish compliance reports, and it urges automatic referral of suspected criminal conduct to the EFCC, ICPC, or police. ^[7]