Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, set up a 23-man ad-hoc committee to carry out further legislative action on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The bill scaled second reading after extensive and wide-ranging debate by federal lawmakers and was subsequently referred to the Ad-Hoc panel, headed by Chief Whip of the House, Ishaka Bawa for further legislative action.
Minority Whip, Samson Osagie, was named the Deputy Chairman of the panel.
Members of the panel include; Chairman of the Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Muraina Ajibola, and his Deputy,? Moshood Mustapha, Chairman, Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Peterside Dakuku and his Deputy, Yusuf Galambi, Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Uche Ekwunife and her Deputy, Abubakar Musa, Chairman of the Committee on Gas Resources, Bassey Ewa, and his Deputy, Gerald Ironna, Chairman of the Committee on Justice, Ali Ahmed and his Deputy, Emeka Nwaogbo, and Chairman of the committee on Local Content, Asita Honourable and his Deputy, Nasir Ali Ahmed.
Others are Yusuf Manu, Hassan Saleh, Daniel Reyenieju, Musa Sarki Adar, Kadija Bukar Ibrahim, Rafeesuat Bamiro, Uzor Azubuike, Peter Akpatason and Rotimi Makinde.
Meanwhile, lawmakers mainly of northern extraction gave their approval for the creation of the National New Frontier Exploration Agency – touted as a largely northern driven bargain as part of ongoing ethnic/political positioning on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).