PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR SEEKS DEEPER SECURITY COLLABORATION WITH NAF. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR SEEKS DEEPER SECURITY COLLABORATION WITH NAF In a bid to reinforce internal security and deepen intergovernmental collaboration, the Executive Governor of Plateau State, His Excellency Barrister Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Headquarters, Abuja, where he met with the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, DFS. The visit underscored the Governor’s commitment to leveraging strategic federal partnerships to address evolving security challenges in Plateau State and the wider North Central region, while conveying the goodwill of the government and people of the state and congratulating the CAS on his appointment as the 23rd Chief of the Air Staff. Governor Mutfwang commended the Nigerian Air Force for its sustained efforts in maintaining peace and responding to security threats in Plateau State, acknowledging the complexity of the operating environment. He noted that...

THE SENATE WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY GOVERNANCE BILL TOMORROW.

                    The Senate,will on wednesday [December 7th,2016} begin the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill {PIB},which passed second reading on tuesday,November 1st,2016.The PIB governnce legislation,which has been stalled in successive Assemblies,has reached its farthest stage in 16 years.
The Bill establishes the process for breaking the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation {NNPC} into two commercial entities which will be limited by shares.The two entities will be known as the National Petroleum Company and the National Assets Management Company.
Once the PIB is passed and signed into law,Nigeria will have the necessary legislative framework that is needed to ensure the creation and sustainability of commercially-oriented and profit-driven entities that makes possible value addition and the internationalization of Nigeria's petroleum industry.Speaking on the upcoming public hearing on the PIB,Senate President,Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,commended his colleagues for keeping their foot on the gas in their quest to pass legislation that would grow Nigeria's economy and create jobs.''I must say,I am proud to be associated with an institution like the 8th Senate that has backed its words with itd actions,'' Saraki said, ''When we passed the Senate's Economic Legislative Agenda a few months ago,we said that we would make the elusive PIB one of our priorities.By bringing it to the public hearing stage,we have done this,
''Through we have come this far,we cannot afford to take our foot off the gas.We must ensure that we expedite the work of the Committee after this public hearing,in order to make sure that the PIB is signed,sealed and delivered for the benefit of the Nigerian public early in 2017'',he said.
The PIB public hearing will be held on wednesday and Thursday in the Senate New Wing of the National Assembly Complex.The hearings will be conducted by the Committee on Upstream Petroleum,which is chaired by Senator Donald Omotayo Alasoadura.The Senate is set to also introduce a Host Commuunity legislation to complement the Governance and Institutional Framework Bill in the coming weeks.This Bill is aimed at addressing issues relating to community participation,security,and the ecological debt incurred by host communities from oil extraction.

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