WHY THE DELAYED IN PIB - SENATE

The Senate voice out its silence yesterday over the delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), put the blame on the host community clause in the document, they also censured the increment of the price of petrol, alleging such as being fuel by All Progressives Congress (APC) opposition.

Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate’s spokesman told reporters in Abuja;

He said:

“The Senate is already primed because most experts have submitted that we need to do something about the PIB. And you know the Senate was billed in our own wisdom, rather than take the whole hog of PIB, to turn in to about one or two components, we wanted to take the management framework but because of the sensitivity of the host community relationship and benefit sharing issue, that issue met some brickwall even before it went ahead.

“And so, we thought it wise to keep it down. But I’m convinced beyond reasonable doubt that by the time we come back from recess that issue will still get a front burner attention because it’s key to whatever changes we want to see done, going forward on a sustainable basis in the oil and gas industry.”