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PIB: Origin of ‘oil war’ in Niger Delta communities
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In continuation of the story of the rivalry between two Niger Delta leaders, National Chairman, Host Communities of Nigeria (Producing Oil and Gas), HOSCON, Bishop Mike Emuh, and his Host Communities of Nigeria (Producing Oil and Gas), HOSTCOM, counterpart, Chief Benjamin Style Tamaranebi, which led to the exchange blows at the hallowed chamber of the House of Representatives during the public hearing on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), Sunday Vanguard traces the origin of the feud.
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Sam Oyadongha, Jimitota Onoyume, Egufe Yafugborhi and Chioma Onuegbu
Undoubtedly, the nation’s oil sector requires regulatory, governance and fiscal legislation that would guide the exploration and exploitation of the nation’s hydrocarbon deposits in a profitable manner. Nume Ekeghe reports that to achieve this, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva and others, especially host communities, have intensified the clamour for the Petroleum Industry Bill given the benefit it portends for Nigeria
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which is meant to regulate the entire sphere of the industry has struggled to see the light of day despite its introduction to the National Assembly over 16 years ago.
The clamour for this has persisted due to a number of factors including the agitations by the Niger Delta people for a fair deal in the mining of their mineral endowment often referred to as the Black Gold.
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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.