President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of the plenary on Tuesday named a six-man conference committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), chaired by Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi.

Members of the committee, according to Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant (Press), to President of the Senate, are Senators Mohammed Sabo – North West; Albert Bassey Akpan – South-South; Danjuma Goje – North East; Opeyemi Bamidele – South West; Stella Oduah – southeast; and Gabriel Suswam – North Central.

Lawan charged members of the conference committee to meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives to enable the National Assembly to come up with a final document on the PIB for transmission to the Executive arm of government.

According to him, “the conference committee will meet with our counterparts in the House, the House will also announce the composition of the conference committee, and we hope that they will swing into action immediately so that we are able to have the final document of the PIB which we will transmit for the presidential assent.

“So, we expect our delegation here under the leadership of the Senate Leader to engage with our colleagues in the House of Representatives.”