President Muhammadu Buhari is back to the National Assembly to ask lawmakers to tinker with the new Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), he signed into law on August 16, just five days above a month.
The President is seeking the removal of the Ministers of Petroleum Resources and Finance from the board of the agencies created under the law.
In a letter, to the NASS read separately at their individual chambers by Ahmad Lawan, Senate President and Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, for the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, the President is seeking an amendment to the law to make for the appointment of non-Executive and Executive Directors for the agencies created by the law.
The Speaker said the letter will be referred to the appropriate committee of the House for immediate action.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, wrote to the Senate seeking an amendment to the recently enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).
The President insisted that the affected Ministers can continue to perform their functions without necessarily being members of the board of NNPC Limited.
Part of the amendment being sought by Buhari on PIA is to increase the number of Non-Executive members of the NNPC Limited Board from two to six to reflect Federal Character.
Buhari, in another letter, transmitted the names of nominees for screening and subsequent confirmation as board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the NNPCL.