A senior Yemeni official in the Ministry of Oil told Yemen Post that international companies working in the oil and gas sector in Yemen are spending millions of government dollars to government officials on a yearly basis.

The official told the Yemen Post that oil and gas companies spent large sums of money to please President Saleh’s ruling family and ensured that they received nearly all the sub contractor.

Prices in these contracts were at time triple the average price, therefore, the country would lose billions during the length of their contracts.

The official warmed that such strategies will soon have to come to an end and that ordinary people are more in need of financial benefits.

“We are aware the senior officials in President Saleh’s regime were core seasons in the corruption these companies are participating in. Members of the ruling family gained millions from these companies and we will do everything possible to ensure that comes to an end,” the official told Yemen Post.