The Senate has passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), which is the first part of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber, passed the bill after the Senators looked through the clauses.
The bill was broken into four parts to allow easier passage.
Two weeks ago, the Senate warned Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu , to stop making false claims on the ongoing process of passing into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
In a statement by its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate said the PIB which has got to the final stage and is scheduled to be passed before the second anniversary of the Eighth Senate is a private member bill and did not emanate from the executive.
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