Tag: PIB
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Oil industry losing investments to non-passage of PIB – Okowa
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said Nigeria’s oil industry had lost substantial investments due to delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Okowa stated this when he received on courtesy visit, the Co-Chairman, National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Monguno and members of the committee…
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#TNGPIBConfab: AIT to provide live coverage as discussants proffer solutions to delay in PIB passage
Confirmed. Africa Independent Television will provide live coverage of the #TNGPIBConfab holding on ZOOM on 10th March, 2021. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG), Nigeria and Africa’s leading online news platform and Africa Independent Television (AIT) have joined hands in partnership to hold a one-day colloquium on the fate of the Petroleum Industry Bill (Register for event here). Entitled,…
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NASS intends to pass Petroleum Industry Bill in April – Rep. Mongunu
Rep. Mohammed Mongunu, the Chairman of House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Petroleum, has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), is expected to be passed by end of April to ensure competitiveness in oil and gas industry. Mongunu made the remark while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the visit of the…
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#TNGPIBConfab: Omo-Agege, Osunbor, Attah, Anyim, others to lead talks @TNG/AIT colloquium
The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege and the former governor of Edo State, Prof. Oserhiemen Osunbor are expected to deliver the keynote address at a one-day colloquium on the fate of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The event put together by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG), Nigeria and Africa’s leading online news platform and Africa Independent Television…
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#TNGPIBConfab: TheNewsGuru to hold one-day colloquium on pathways to speedy PIB passage
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG), Nigeria and Africa’s leading online news platform, is set to launch the first in the series of her socio-economic confab towards the betterment of the Nigerian society. The colloquium which is titled, ‘PIB: finally getting it right and breaking the 20-year hiatus’ is slated for March 10th, 2021 on Zoom in respect of…
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NASS joint committee assures speedy passage of PIB
The Joint committees of the two chambers of the National Assembly (NASS) on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), have assured a speedy passage of the bill. The joint committee made the assurance during a visit they made to the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) on Monday in Kaduna. During the tour, the Chairman of the…
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PIB: Renewed vigour by Reps to pass oldest bill in Nigeria by April
…can Buhari’s Admin deliver the all needed piece of legislation …to turnaround the oil and gas industry? By Emman Ovuakporie The Petroleum Industry Bill, otherwise known as the PIB has once again mounted the centre stage in the Nigerian legislative parlance. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) in this analysis will x-ray the renewed vigour by the National Assembly…
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PIB: Critical stakeholders Want Speedy Passage
By Emman Ovuakporie Critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas sector on Wednesday shared divergent views over the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), even as they agreed on the need for the speedy passage of the bill to drive the needed reforms in the sector. Organized Labour on the other hand ,cautioned against…
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Delta Presents Position On PIB, Wants Role of Host Communities Prioritised
The Delta State Government has presented its position on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the National Assembly where it sorts for legislations that will give more participation to host communities in the nation’s oil and gas industry. State Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Prince Emman Amgbaduba made the presentation at the ongoing public…
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Lawan: PIB will ensure Nigerians benefit optimally from resources
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) presently before the National Assembly will ensure that Nigerians benefit optimally from crude oil production and sale of fossil fuel reserves. Lawan stated this on Monday while declaring open a 2-day public hearing on the bill by the National Assembly. According…