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Nigeria- The vice-chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Danjuma Goje, has expressed profound doubts on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the 7th National Assembly due to the lack of commitment shown so far by the federal government and the leadership of the senate, LEADERSHIP reports.
“It is like the federal government does not want this bill to be passed. I am also of the view that the leadership of the senate does not want this PIB to be passed." he told newsmen.
As the vice-chairman of the committee, he said he is deeply involved in the whole exercise.
“I am saying this because the joint committee of the two senate committees on Petroleum resources (upstream and downstream), and that of the judiciary was expected to hold public hearings. Initially, we wanted to go abroad to see how other countries overcame their own problems, especially those who faced similar problems with Nigeria but were not given the facilities to.
“We even wanted to conduct public hearings in the six geo-political zones to get the feelings of Nigeria on the PIB but we were not given the funds to do that. In fact we are being starved of funds in the joint committee. We are not being encouraged as the facilities to do the work are not available.
“That is why in the senate it looks like some people somewhere are not interested in getting this bill passed. It may pass, if and only if, some miracles happen between now and the end of the current legislative year,” the legislator stated.
#Nigeria #PIB #Senate
“It is like the federal government does not want this bill to be passed. I am also of the view that the leadership of the senate does not want this PIB to be passed." he told newsmen.
As the vice-chairman of the committee, he said he is deeply involved in the whole exercise.
“I am saying this because the joint committee of the two senate committees on Petroleum resources (upstream and downstream), and that of the judiciary was expected to hold public hearings. Initially, we wanted to go abroad to see how other countries overcame their own problems, especially those who faced similar problems with Nigeria but were not given the facilities to.
“We even wanted to conduct public hearings in the six geo-political zones to get the feelings of Nigeria on the PIB but we were not given the funds to do that. In fact we are being starved of funds in the joint committee. We are not being encouraged as the facilities to do the work are not available.
“That is why in the senate it looks like some people somewhere are not interested in getting this bill passed. It may pass, if and only if, some miracles happen between now and the end of the current legislative year,” the legislator stated.
#Nigeria #PIB #Senate
