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Buhari’s ministerial nominee wants Senate to revisit PIGB
A Ministerial nominee, Sen. Tayo Alasoadura on Wednesday urged the red chamber of the National Assembly to revisit the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB)
Alasoadura who lost his second term rerun to the Senate made the call, in Abuja on Thursday, when he appeared at the ongoing screening of ministerial nominees by the senate.
He said revisiting the bill and its eventual passage would result in the earning of more funds from the nation’s oil resources.
The former Commissioner of Finance in Ondo State also said that there was the need for the senate to also revisit the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Bill of which public hearing had already been conducted in the 8th senate.
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Alasoudura, who was Chairman, Committee on Petroleum (upstream) in the 8th senate said passage of the Nuclear Bill would consolidate Nigeria’s quest to diversify to clean energy.
In his remark, President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan said what was required to succeed in the PIGB was for the executive and legislature to come together and fashion out the best approach for the bill.
He said several efforts on the PIGB had been made at various individual levels, hence the need for both arms of government to work together.
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