Business
Bureau Calls For Speedy Passage Of PIB
The Director
General, Bureau of Public Entreprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki has called for the speedy passage of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly.
Speaking to newsmen recently in Abuja, the BPE DG said the non-passage of the PIB was hindering investment and growth of the economy.
Dikki said the passage of the PIB would facilitate investment in the oil and gas sector of the economy, create jobs for the unemployed, develop state of infrastructure in the sector.
He expressed hope that the 8th National Assembly would pass the bill without delay.
He explained that the Federal Government had presented five bills in the transport sector to the 7th National Assembly, regretting that these bills were yet to be passed by the National Assembly.
He said that once the bills were passed, other new regulatory agencies would be set up, while existing agencies would be restructured.
The Director General lamented that the bureau was hamstrung to undertake reform initiatives at the nation’s primary and secondary levels of education because of constitutional provision.
He said there was need to bring primary and secondary levels of education under a regulatory regime that enforces uniform standards across the nation.