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SARS Dissolution Test Of Governments Responsiveness?
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On Oct. 8, a wave of protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force erupted in many cities across the country.
The protests were triggered by a video trending online showing a young man allegedly shot by SARS operatives at Ughelli, Delta; an allegation the police denied.
The predominantly young remonstrators with the hashtag #ENDSARS sought the dissolution of the unit and an end to police brutality.
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SARS Dissolution: A Test Of Government’s Responsiveness?
OCTOBER 14, 2020 AT 11:53:11 PM
On Oct. 8, a wave of protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force erupted in many cities across the country.
The protests were triggered by a video trending online showing a young man allegedly shot by SARS operatives at Ughelli, Delta; an allegation the police denied.
The predominantly young remonstrators with the hashtag #ENDSARS sought the dissolution of the unit and an end to police brutality.
By most accounts, the protests seemed to have been accentuated by resentments built up by previous and recent alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings, harassment and extortion on citizens by SARS operatives.
Worthy of note, before the situation snowballed into street protests, the federal government had waded in with a view to finding a lasting and assuaging solution.
On Oct. 4, at the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met with the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, at his residence over concerns on the activities of SARS.
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Imperative Of The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)
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Last week the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) presented to the National Assembly by President Buhari passed first reading at the Senate. Same is expected at the House of Representatives when plenary resumes.
From the statements coming from both the National Assembly and the Executive and the sense of urgency and purpose exhibited so far, there is every reason to hope that the PIB will finally be passed under the present dispensation.
Since it was first introduced during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo by his then Special Adviser on Petroleum, the late Dr Rilwan Lukman, the PIB has experienced a chequered and beleaguered history which in many ways mirrors the current unsatisfactory state of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
Right from when it was first introduced, the PIB has been considered by subsequent national assemblies that came and went without it being successfully passed into law. In the process, several versions of the Bill have come up over the years adding to the confusion and inconclusive nature of the passage of the Bill through the legislature. This has left Nigerians and stakeholders in the oil and gas industry deeply disappointed especially given the primary importance the sector plays in our national development.
To be sure the provisions of the Bill which cuts across technical, fiscal, commercial, social and governance issues requiring a lot of legislative work appears complex and hence daunting. And it is the main reason the last national assembly gave for concentrating mainly on the governance issues of the Bill alone which it passed and named the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB).
Essentially, the PIB hopes to harmonise the sixteen different laws currently governing the oil and gas industry into a single comprehensive law that would make it easy for the efficient operation of the sector.
It is no gainsaying that the oil and gas industry is beset by a myriad of issues including moribund refineries, poor state of infrastructure, humongous cash calls to joint venture partners among many.
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