Archives for July 12th, 2013
PIB: President Should Not Award Oil Blocs, Says El-Rufai …As NEITI Seeks Transparency In Award of Licences
Former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Malam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai has said in order to entrench transparency in the oil industry; the discretionary powers of the president to award oil blocs should be curtailed.
El-Rufai who spoke yesterday at the final public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), organised by the House ad hoc committee ...
PIB: NUPENG, PENGASSAN Reject Ministers Enormous Powers
Tejiri Ebikeme
Major stakeholders in the petroleum industry made up of the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers Association (NUPENG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and other oil players yesterday rejected what they termed as uncontrollable powers given the minister of petroleum.
Both NUPENG and PENGASSAN in a joint presentation at the final ...