Just in: Buhari signs PIB 2021 Bill into law
Victoria Ogunrinde
President Muhammadu Buhari, had signed the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2021 into law.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Monday.
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According to the statement, “Working from home in five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday, August 13, the President assented to the Bill, Monday, August 16, in his determination to fulfill his constitutional duty.
The Petroleum Industry Act provides a legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of host communities, and related matters.
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Recall that the Senate had passed the Bill on July 15, while the House of Representatives did the same on July 16,.