Nigeria: no PIB, improved Niger Delta political stability
- August 29, 2018
- - 5:05 pm
Summary Political stability in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta region was improved August 29 when President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the pending Petroleum Industry Bill. Analysis Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on August 29 rejected signing the legislature’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). A day earlier he welcomed the defection to his All Progressives Congress (APC) the former Delta State governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In both cases the Nigerian president’s actions improve political stability in the country’s oil producing Niger Delta region. The Petroleum Industry Bill is a landmark piece of legislation intended to reform Nigeria’s …
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