Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has stated that the lower legislative chamber will pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the electoral act amendment bill before its summer break.<\/p>\n
The lawmakers are expected to embark on an annual recess on the 15 of July.<\/span><\/p>\n Successive administrations and national assemblies have failed to pass the legislation due to its complexities and divergent interests since 2008.<\/p>\n On the electoral amendment act, efforts to get the bill signed into law by the eighth national assembly under Bukola Saraki was futile as President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent \u2014 three times.<\/span><\/p>\n But the present assembly disclosed that it is committed to passing the two bills.<\/p>\n Speaking during a plenary session on Tuesday, Gbajabiamila said the green chamber would pass its version of the bills before the \u201csummer break\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is an important piece of legislation, and we need to pass these two before we leave for the summer break,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere is so much to do. It is going to be a heavy load, including the supplementary budget.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTwo weeks is a very short time, but we must do this work, we must do it thoroughly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The speaker said the leadership of the house of representatives would meet next Tuesday with the ad hoc committee on PIB \u201cto tidy up some things\u201d on the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n He said Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), will also brief stakeholders on the bill on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has stated that the lower legislative chamber will pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the electoral act amendment bill before its summer break. The lawmakers are expected to embark on an annual recess on the 15 of July. Successive administrations and national assemblies have failed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":52496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6046,1591,1193,4881],"class_list":["post-52494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-electoral-act","tag-femi-gbajabiamila","tag-nnpc","tag-pib"],"yoast_head":"\n