Due Process Should be Followed in NNPC Unbundling

The House of Representatives has prompted that due procedure ought to be followed in the arranged rebuilding of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

As indicated by the Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, the move was illegal and usurped the forces of the lawmaking body. He noticed that the NNPC was built up by an Act of Parliament, contended that there was requirement for an Executive Bill for the partnership to be rebuilt.

"NNPC is an Act and we feel that anything that will be done on NNPC ought to be taken back to the National Assembly,'' Namdas said.

"We additionally ask Mr President to send Executive Bill to the National Assembly at the earliest opportunity.

"The Speaker of the House of Representatives has put calls to the President on three events, asking him to in any event send an Executive Bill for the Petroleum Industrial Bill (PIB) or petroleum change as it would suit them,'' Namdas said.