President Muhammad Buhari says he is yet to receive the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill harmonised by the National Assembly on March 28.
The president, in a statement Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, said the bill was not yet on his table for assent.
The presidential aide confirmed that bill was still undergoing standard operating legislative processes at the National Assembly.
“Further to several enquiries by the media, interest groups, and the public in respect of within named Bill, may I please state that the said Bill has not yet been transmitted by the National Assembly to President.
“From my enquiries, the Bill is still undergoing standard operating legislative processes of the National Assembly preparatory to transmission, please.”
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) had assured that the harmonised bill would be presented to the president on March 30.
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