House Speaker Appoints Inhovbere, Ighariwey, Others Into Joint Senate/Reps Committee On Petroleum Industry Investigation

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has appointed seven members of the House to the Joint Senate/House Committee charged with investigating alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum industry.

According to Akin Rotimi, Jr., Spokesman, House of Representatives, Hon. (Prof.) Julius Inhovbere, House Leader, serves as Co-Chairman of the committee, which also includes Hon. Iduma Ighariwey, Hon. Gboyega N. Isiaka, Hon. Sada Soli, Hon. Fatima Talba, Hon. Tunji Raheem, and Hon. Patrick Umoh.

The statement noted that the urgency and importance of this matter have necessitated close collaboration between the Senate and the House of Representatives.

It said this new structure aims to ensure synergy, a holistic approach to addressing the issues, and ease of administrative coordination, resulting in a harmonised and efficient investigation.

The committee is expected to commence its duties immediately, with a clear mandate to ensure accountability and transparency in the sector.

Recall that the House of Representatives on August 5 dissolved the last ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other critical energy security issues.