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Published 14 February 2021
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, have assured Nigerians that the 9th National Assembly will pass the Petroleum Industry Bill in the second quarter of this year but the reality on the ground indicates that it may not be as easy as they think, SUNDAY ABORISADE reports
For the umpteenth time, the Petroleum Industry Bill found its way again to the National Assembly, when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, on September 29, 2020, transmitted the proposed legislation to the nation’s Parliament.
Pronto, the House of Representatives set up an ad hoc committee to consider it while the Senate asked its committees on petroleum (upstream, downstream and gas) to handle the process.