President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary at the upper chamber of the
National Assembly in Abuja.
The Senate has fixed October 20, 2020, for the
commencement of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)
debate.
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, revealed this on Thursday
via his Twitter handle.
He said the decision was in line with the resolve to break the
jinx on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB),
forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly
last week.
“If we are able to take the debate, pass the PIB for second
reading and refer the document to our Joint Committees on Petroleum
(Upstream and Downstream); and Gas, the committee can keep work on
the PIB warm, while we are working on the budget,” the Senate
President added.
“Our Joint Committee must do everything possible for us to have
a document or report that we would work within the Senate and
something that Nigerians and investors will be happy with”.
See Tweets Below:
In line with our resolve to break the jinx
on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), forwarded by
President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last week, we
have fixed Tuesday, October 20, 2020, as the date for the
commencement of debate on the Bill. pic.twitter.com/T4IehvFT5k
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});— Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (@DrAhmadLawan) October 8, 2020
If we are able to take the debate, pass the
PIB for second reading and refer the document to our Joint
Committees on Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream); and Gas, the
committee can keep work on the PIB warm, while we are working on
the budget.— Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (@DrAhmadLawan) October 8, 2020
Our Joint Committee must do everything
possible for us to have a document or report that we would work
with in the Senate and something that Nigerians and investors will
be happy with.— Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (@DrAhmadLawan) October 8, 2020
The first reading of the PIB was on September 30, 2020, heard on
the floor of the Senate.
The bill was one of the six bills introduced to the upper
chamber.
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Senate
The first reading comes after the bill was transmitted to the
National Assembly.
Senate Leader, Abdullahi Yahaya, presented the bill, and after
it was read, Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President, directed that full
copies of the bill be distributed to all the lawmakers ahead of the
second reading where details of the bill will be discussed.
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