Everest Amaefule, Abuja
A non-governmental organisation, Social Action, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill recently passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.
In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday, the Head of the National Advocacy Centre and Director of Programmes, Social Action, Ms Vivian Bellonwu-Okafor, said the decline of assent to the bill by Buhari was a step in the right direction.
The President had in August declined to give assent to the controversial bill, which has been in the making for more than 10 years on the grounds that it whittled down the powers of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, which he presently occupies.
According to Bellonwu-Okafor, Civil Society Organisations and community groups, including Social Action, had earlier raised the alarm on the…
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