BREAKING: PRESIDENT BUHARI SIGNS PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL INTO LAW
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 into law.
According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, working from home in five days’ quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on August 13, the president assented to the bill on Monday in his determination to fulfill his constitutional duty.
The statement reads; ”The ceremonial part of the new legislation will be done on Wednesday, after the days of mandatory isolation would have been fulfilled.''
Recall that the bill was passed by the Senate on July 15, 2021.
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