By Saidu Idris
365Daily – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has announced the composition of the conference committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The Committee is to harmonise differences between the version of the Bill passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, announced the composition of the Committee during plenary on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
The members of the conference committee include Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi – Chairman; Senators Mohammed Sabo – North West; Albert Bassey Akpan – South South; Danjuma Goje – North East; Opeyemi Bamidele – South West; Stella Oduah – South East; Gabriel Suswam – North Central.
He charged members of the committee to meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives to enable the National Assembly come up with a final document on the PIB for transmission to the Executive arm of government.
“The conference committee will meet with our counterparts in the House, the House will also announce the composition of the conference committee, and we hope that they will swing into action immediately, so that we are able to have the final document of the PIB which we will transmit for the presidential assent.,” he explained.