{"id":527,"date":"2021-09-21T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/21\/pia-president-buhari-writes-senate-seeks-amendment-of-petroleum-industry-act\/"},"modified":"2021-09-21T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:37:43","slug":"pia-president-buhari-writes-senate-seeks-amendment-of-petroleum-industry-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/21\/pia-president-buhari-writes-senate-seeks-amendment-of-petroleum-industry-act\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA: President Buhari Writes Senate, Seeks Amendment Of Petroleum Industry Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to amend the recently enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Buhari\u2019s letter read on the floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the amendments have become necessary to make make for seamless administrative structure in the Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buhari, in his letter titled: \u201cForwarding administrative structure amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, said: \u201cI wish to forward to the Senate the attached Administrative Structure Amendments of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 for your kind consideration and approval please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving carefully reviewed the administrative structure of both the Commission and the Authority; I would like to propose the following amendments to the PIA 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAppointment of non-executive board members: The Petroleum Industry Act 2021 provided for the appointment of two non-executive members for the board of the two regulatory institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am of the view that this membership limitation has not addressed the principle of balanced geopolitical representation of the country, therefore, I pray for the intervention of the 9th Assembly to correct this oversight in the interest of our national unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNeedless to add that this amendment will provide a sense of participation and inclusion to almost every section of the country in the decision making of strategic institutions such as the oil industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf this amendment is approved, it will now increase the number of the non-executive members from two to six that is one person from each of the six geopolitical zones of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemoval of the Ministries of Petroleum and Finance from the board of the two institutions:
The proposed amendment will increase the membership of the board from nine (9) to thirteen (13) members that is representing 44% expansion of the board site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis composition would strengthen the institutions and guarantee national spread and also achieve the expected policy contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe two ministries already have constitutional responsibilities of either supervision or inter-governmental relations. They can continue to perform such roles without being in the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is also important to note that administratively, the representatives of the ministries in the board will be Directors \u2013 being the same rank with the Directors in the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis may bring some complications in some decision making especially on issues of staff related matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAppointment of Executive Directors: The Act has made provision for seven Departmental Heads in the Authority to be known as Executive Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir appointment will also be subject to Senate confirmation. This category of Officers are civil servants and not political appointees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Senate is invited to note the need to exempt serving public officers from the established confirmation process for political appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis will ensure effective management of the regulatory Institutions through uniform implementation of public service rules for employees of the Authority. In the future, these positions will obviously be filled by the workers in the Authority”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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