By Eseoghene Emuke
A bill seeking to amend the act establishing the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) has passed second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives.
The bill sponsored by the member representing Okpe, Sapele and Uvwie Federal Constituency, Chief Efe Afe, is praying for amendment of the act following the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).
According to Afe, the bill seeks to amend the PTI Act, Cap. P16, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004; and for Related Matters.
He explained that the amendment will help the Act establishing PTI to conform with the Petroleum Industry Act recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The motion being seconded by Hon. Ganiyu Johnson, noted that aspects of the Act establishing the institute are obsolete and it is necessary to be amended.
He also stated that the application of the Petroleum Industry Act just passed will benefit from the amendment.
He added that they are some aspects that have eluded the institution especially the certification of professionals.
The bill was passed for the second reading and referred to the House Committee on Petroleum Upstream.
Similarly, member representing Okpe, Sapele and Uvwie Federal Constituency, Hon. Afe has appealed to the federal government to address the perennial and deplorable state of the Benin-Sapele-Effurun Road.
Afe opined that there is an urgent need for the government at the centre to rehabilitate the failed portions of the road to easy vehicular movement across the southern region.
The lawmaker spoke when speaking with selected journalists at his Abuja office over the deplorable state of the state.
He commended the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives for adding the Benin-Sapele-Effurun Road to other Roads that needed the urgent attention of the Federal Government.
The traditional chief of Okpe Kingdom said the state of the road has become nightmare to commuters plying the ever-busy highway, lamenting further that, motorists spend hours in the failed portions.
