By Henry Umoru

ABUJA—THE Senate Joint Committees on Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream) and Gas, yesterday, set conditions for the sack of oil workers after the passage and implementation of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, popularly known as Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.

Members of the joint committees, in consonance with recommendations made by its Technical Consultants on the fate of oil workers currently engaged by the Federal Government, however , agreed to the five years additional service for the workers after deregulation of the sector before disengagement of any one of them.

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In his presentation, leader of the Technical Consultants, Mr. Osten Olorunsola, on conditions to guide the implementation of the planned oil sector reform, among others, said: “No present staff should be disengaged until after five years of implementation,” to which they concurred.

However, the  committee has planned a retreat with the consultant in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, next week, for proper digestion, consideration and approval of the Technical Consultant report on the impending deregulation of the oil sector.

In his remarks, Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Upstream, Senator Donald  Alasoadura,  asked the consultant to copy the report into flash drive for each of the members, latest by today, for proper grasp of the technical consultant’s report, even as many of the members of the joint committee requested him to put it in separate ipads for them.