The stage is set for #TNGPIBConfab, a one-day colloquium scheduled to hold on March 10th, 2021 with the theme ‘PIB: finally getting it right and breaking the 20-year hiatus’, with two sub-themes to help tackle the delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill in Nigeria.
The event, a virtual experience designed to find solutions to the intractable problem of enacting a new, mutually beneficial petroleum industry law will be streamed on Africa Independent Television (AIT) while the session also holds as a web conference on Zoom.
Among the keynotes discussants at the event are two ministers, Rotimi Amaechi of the Ministry of Transportation and his counterpart in Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.
The colloquium which is structured into two segments will have former Governor, Akwa Ibom state, Obong Victor Attah and Former Senate President/ex-Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Pius Anyim as chairmen of the respective sessions.
Other eminent Nigerians in the array of discussants at the summit include Former Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan; immediate past director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside; Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari.
Others are Distinguished Senator Magnus Abe; the Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, (UNILAG) GMD NNPC, Professor Ben Oghojafor; Member of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Kingsley Chinda; Managing Director, ArisTV, Ms. Ijeoma Nwogwugwu; Prof Hope Eghagha.
According to TNG publisher, Mideno Bayagbon who is the Chief Host of the event, the focus of the summit is to end the seemingly intractable problem of enacting a new, mutually beneficial petroleum industry law which will transform the industry and put in place firm roadmaps for the federal government, industry operators and the communities and states of the Niger Delta.”
He added: “TNG, as a critical voice in the petroleum industry sector and in the Niger Delta, recognizing the new spirited attempt by the 9th Assembly to break the jinx and pass the bill, has decided to bring together all the critical stakeholders and authorities in the federal government, National Assembly, petroleum industry, governors of the Niger Delta states and host communities to chart a supportive pathway to enable the National Assembly finally pass the bill for the President’s assent.”