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Senate to debate PIB report Thursday, says Lawan

The PIB was first introduced to the National Assembly over 16 years ago.

The Senate will on Thursday debate the report of its joint committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) on the Petroleum Industry Bill.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this on Tuesday after the chairman of the panel, Senator Mohammed Sabo (Jigawa South West), submitted the committees' report.

Lawan said, "We will be considering the report on Thursday. We have today, tomorrow and Thursday to look at the report so that when we consider the report, we will be doing so on the basis of what we have been able to read from this very important report."

The Senate President urged the Joint Committee to provide lawmakers with copies of the bill ahead of its consideration to enable them study its content.

"Let me use the opportunity to thank our Joint Committee for working so hard, selflessly and patriotically to produce the report on the Petroleum Industry Bill.

"This report, a copy each, must be made available to each and every Senator today, this afternoon.

"I don't know how the Committee would arrange it, but every Senator must have a copy today.

"And we would be considering the report on Thursday.

"So, we have today, tomorrow until the beginning of Thursday to look at the report so that when we consider it, we will be doing so on the basis of what we have been able to read from this very important report," Lawan said.

Senate also at plenary considered for first reading, five bills.

The bills are: Recovery of Premises Act 1995 repeal and re-enactment Bill 2021, sponsored by Sen. Odey Stephen (PDP - Cross River); Federal University of Technology Akwa-Ibom Establishment Bill, 2021 by Sen. Akpan Bassey (PDP - Akwa Ibom); Federal University of Technology Jigawa Establishment Bill, 2021 by Sen. Mohammed Sabo (APC - Jigawa).

Others are Mortage Institutions and Allied Matters Act Amendment Bill, 2021 by Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (APC - Ogun) and National Research and Innovation Council Establishment Bill, 2021 by Sen. Ibezim Chukwuma (APC - Imo).

Senate also at plenary, confirmed the appointment of Mr Kolawole Alabi, for appointment as Executive Commissioner, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.(FCCPC).

The confirmation followed the presentation of the report the Committee on Trade and Investment by the Chairman Sen. Fadahunsi Adenigba (PDP - Osun) and consideration of same.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill seeks to establish a framework for the creation of commercially-oriented and profit-driven petroleum entities, to ensure value addition, and internationalisation of the petroleum industry, through the creation of efficient and effective governing institutions with clear and separate roles for the petroleum industry.

NAN reports that the bill is the first in a series of long awaited petroleum industry laws designed to reform the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

The PIB, an omnibus law meant to regulate the entire sphere of the industry and repeal all current existing oil and gas legislation, had struggled to see the light of day in spite of its introduction to the National Assembly over 16 years ago.

Subsequently, the National Assembly decided to break the PIB into a number of different pieces of legislation guiding specific aspects of the industry.

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