The house of representatives was thrown into a rowdy session
on Thursday following a protest by Chinyere Igwe, a lawmaker from Rivers state.
The house had barely commenced sitting for the day when Igwe
walked around the floor chanting “the PIB report is a fraud”.
Igwe was protesting the adoption
of 3 percent operational expenditure as what is due for host communities in the
Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the conference committee set up by both the
lower chamber and the senate.
The PIB was passed by both houses of the national assembly on July 2.
The bill will govern the operations of the oil industry in
Nigeria.
The senate voted and approved the report of the conference
committee on the PIB on Thursday.
Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house, offered a prayer
after which he hit the gavel to maintain order but the fierce protest
continued.
Gbajabiamila subsequently ruled that the house enter into a
closed session.
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