TÜRKIYE IS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH LOCAL DEFENCE PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND MILITARY TRAINING CENTRES IN NIGERIA AS PART OF EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY COOPERATION AND INCREASE BILATERAL TRADE TO $5 BILLION.(PHOTO).
The House of Representatives has dismissed the petition seeking the cancellation of gas distribution licences issued to NIPCO Plc.
The petition, filed by the Nigerian Energy Security Watch Group, challenged licences granted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority for Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun States, and the Lekki Free Trade Zone.
But a Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, chaired by Representative Peter Aniekwe, ruled after investigation that the petitioners failed to prove any allegation of wrongdoing, describing the petition as based on hearsay and lacking in substance.
It said licensing remains the statutory function of the NMDPRA under the Petroleum Industry Act, and the House will continue to exercise oversight in the public interest.
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