The PIA Amendment: Host Community speak fires-you can’t add non oil communities to host communities by Okwo romeon

The public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA ) held at the Senate meeting room of 231 on Wednesday has drew different reactions from stakeholders,the traditional Ruler of the host Communities led by the chairman of Delta state traditional council of Chiefs,Major general Mujakperu (Rtd) has urged the Senate joined committees on the Petroleum Industry not to include differences communities who’s oil is not produced in their dominance into the board of the new amendment of commission Chief Mujakperu said, “the 3% passed in the bill should be reviewed and urged the government to changed the name from host communities to oil bearing and host communities so that the new law will be specific to avoid future agitation by communities who’s have not oil in there area but had gone to registered their associations that they are producing oil and gas in the areas so genius interest of oil bearing producing communities will be guided in the new amendment. Major general Mujakperu commends the Senate join committee and believe if the amendment is done well as recommended by the stakeholders,they will be no problems in the future. His his presentation.the National President of HOSTCOM,High Chief Benjamin S.Tamaranebi say, the Host Communities as a critical major stakeholders believe in the creation of a robust National Petroleum Company Limited with the right to first refusal . He say,the establishment of efficient and effective regulatory commission and authority,which is structured to accommodate all interests is what is desired at the moment. The host communities of Nigeria producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) also recommend different sections of the PIA to be amended such as section 11 of the PIA subsection 2 be amended to read as The Board of the commission shall consist of (a) one non executive Chairman (b) two non executive commissioners (c) the chief executive officer of the Commission which was previously referred as “ the commission chief executive “which they claimed will allow the HOSTCOM members to be represented in the new amendment. Memorandums were presented by various stakeholders to alter the PIA Act which President Mohammadu Buhari signed into law barely less than a year.

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