The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its criticism of the Petroleum Industry Act.
This is coming after PDP said the law would not guarantee stability in the oil sector and the Niger Delta region.
In a statement on Tuesday, John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC caretaker committee, said “The new Petroleum Industry Act may not be a perfect document. No law anywhere in the world is a finished product,”
“The Nigerian economy is the ultimate beneficiary as the new Petroleum Industry Act will overhaul the oil and gas industry by providing legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of host communities as well as offer new fiscal incentives to investors.
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“Before now, Nigeria’s oil and gas industry lost as much as $15 billion in investments annually due to the delayed passage of the PIB. But that is about to change with the Petroleum Industry Act.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) irresponsible attacks of the Petroleum Industry Act shows that the failed opposition party is ready to play politics with the weather.
“We ask what was the fate of the PIB during the wasted 16 years the PDP was in government. We will let the discerning public be the judge. Meanwhile, the APC will not get tired of righting the PDP’s wrongs.”
