Petroleum Industry Bill to be ready next month

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4 March 2011

Petroleum Industry Bill to be ready next month

Diezani Alison-Maduekwe, the Minister of Petroleum has expressed optimism that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would be ready for the president's signature by next month.Speaking at the eighth Aret Adams annual lecture series held in Lagos yesterday, the minister said, "We are very expectant. The Senate and the House of Representatives are passionate and eager to move this bill forward and they both want it out in the shortest possible time."

Mrs. Alison-Maduekwe, who was the guest speaker at the lecture titled ‘Nigeria's Petroleum Industry, its growth post PIB', said she has been holding discussions with the chairmen of the committees and has been speaking with all concerned.

"We have to show the commitment necessary to the passage of the PIB. We are calling on all Nigerians to turn this aspiration to reality. The PIB has undergone various reviews and it is currently undergoing the final review by the legislators. It has undergone the first and second reading by the Senate and the House of Representatives. Right now, it is undergoing the chapter by chapter reviews by both houses before it is finally passed into law" she said.