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  • Reps Northern Caucus pledge support for passage of PIB

    Reps Northern Caucus pledge support for passage of PIB

    …as some northern governor’s support the move
    By Emman Ovuakporie
    The House of Representatives northern caucus on Monday collectively agreed to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill, popularly known as PIB adjudged the oldest Bill in Nigeria.
    This is just as the northern governor’s throws their weight behind the move of their Representatives.
    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the move as contained in a communique issued after a one-day retreat held in the outskirts of Abuja.
    Read full communique below:
    POSITION of the Caucus at the end of the Meeting
    (a) The aim of the retreat was to educate and enlighten members on the implications of the Petroleum Industry Bill and of the Future of Nigeria, taking into cognisance the global trend of resource depletion, gas flaring, host communities, climate change, and other attendant realities,
    (b) The Retreat recalled that the PIB has lingered on since the advent of democracy in 1999 but could not be passed into law,
    (c) The Retreat reiterated its resolve to pass the Bill in this 9th House of Representatives and all resource persons encouraged same,
    (d) The Retreat emphasised that the PIB in its present form has a good Fiscal Framework, and
    (e) The Retreat strongly advocated for the need to develop frontier basins across the country in order to expand our resource base.
    (a) The aim of the retreat was to educate and enlighten members on the implications of the Petroleum Industry Bill and of the Future of Nigeria, taking into cognisance the global trend of resource depletion, gas flaring, host communities, climate change, and other attendant realities,
    (b) The Retreat recalled that the PIB has lingered on since the advent of democracy in 1999 but could not be passed into law,
    (c) The Retreat reiterated its resolve to pass the Bill in this 9th House of Representatives and all resource persons encouraged same,
    (d) The Retreat emphasised that the PIB in its present form has a good Fiscal Framework, and
    (e) The Retreat strongly advocated for the need to develop frontier basins across the country in order to expand our resource base.
    Also, the northern governor’s in a statement on Monday for the first time the bill was I triduced n year 2000 supported the passage of the oldest Bill in Nigeria.
    They listed the benefits of the over 20years old Bill
    Read story below:
    Some Northern Governors have expressed optimism at the economic impact the petroleum industry will have on the economy of the north if finally assented to by the president.
    They say it’s passage will not only boost the economy of the country particularly the north as proceeds from it will be used to develop other sectors like education, agriculture and industrialisation.
    They also call for it’s quick passage so that it will not be overtaken by events as previous excersise before this have experienced in the past.
  • ACF tells Reps northern caucus to prepare for a Bill on restructuring

    ACF tells Reps northern caucus to prepare for a Bill on restructuring

    By Emman Ovuakporie

    A pan northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has placed northern lawmakers on the alert over a possible presentation of a bill on restructuring to the National Assembly by those agitating for it.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls this is coming barely 72hours after too south south delegates met with President Muhammdu Buhari declaring that they want to control resources in their vicinity like their counterparts in the northern region.

    Chairman of the Forum and former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe told members of the Northern Caucus of the House of Representatives on Monday to be on the lookout for such a law in view of the statement credited to the President that if the National Assembly passed a law on restructuring, he will have no opposition to signing it.

    Ogbe however said that the ACF will meet and present something to them which they should dwell on.

    He said “a lot has been said about the Petroleum Industry bill, but I will not duel on that. But there is something that will come before you very soon. The last time Mr. President met with a delegation from the South, he made a statement.

    “He said that if a bill is presented before the National Assembly on the question of restructuring and the Assembly passes it, he will have no objection than to sign it. It then means that the matter may not be too far away.