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Senate raises alarm over dumping of hazardous petroleum products

Sharon EboesomiJuly 3, 20245 min

Nigeria’s Senate resolves to probe regulatory agencies over indiscriminate dumping of hazardous petroleum products into the country The Senate has called for an urgent need to investigate the continued importation of hazardous petroleum products and dumping of substandard diesel into Nigeria. This is as it set up an ad-hoc committee to examine the pre-shipment and pre-discharge standard test parameters, adopted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) with a view to uncovering...

Senate

You are endangering the country’s progress – Senate summons Total Energies MD, Matthieu Bouyer

Sharon EboesomiApril 16, 20242 min

The Senate issued a final notice of appearance to the Total Energies MD, Matthieu Bouyer. The managing director of Total Energies, Matthieu Bouyer, has been summoned to appear before the Senate Committee on Oil and Gas Host Communities. This is as the committee issued a final notice of appearance to the MD contained in a statement released to journalists at the National Assembly by the chairman of the Senate Committee, Senator Benson Agadaga on Monday....

Senate

Kawu questions Tinubu’s removal of MDGIF boss

Sharon EboesomiJanuary 30, 20244 min

Kawu said the sack of the Executive Director of the agency is unlawful, as he was not allowed to complete his five-year term, which began in 2022. Senator Suleiman Kawu (NNPP, Kano South) has raised a point of order on the floor of the Red Chamber, questioning the premature removal of the Executive Director of the Midstream, Downstream, Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF), Mansur Kuliya. According to Senator Kawu, the sacking of Kuliya as Executive Director...