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…insists PIB’s passage won’t go beyond 2020
By Emman Ovuakporie
The deputy Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Hon Henry Nwawuba on Thursday said the Non-Passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB has made Nigeria lose over $20billion over the years.
The Imo State born lawmaker made this known in a chat with TheNewsGuru(TNG).
As a member of the adhoc Committee on PIB, Nwawuba said””our committee will not waste any valuable time again as we are set to pass this all important Bill that will have a spiral effect on our economy.
“But since we are already in March we should be looking towards the end of the year for its passage.
“You saw the vigour with which the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila dedicated their time and energy to the Bill.
“So far so good this Assembly has been enjoying a lot of cordiality with the executive arm of government.
“This cordiality will go a long way in helping because in the last Assembly we passed the PIB but there were flaws which were noticed in the twilight of the 8th Assembly.