据路透社3月21日报道,尼日利亚参议院主席Bukola Saraki周一表示,国会将于下周开始讨论修正石油工业草案(Petroleum Industry Bill),旨在对长期以来饱受贪污腐败和管理不善打击的能源产业进行彻底改革。
尼日利亚总统Muhammadu Buhari表示,将把批准通过PIB作为首要的工作目标。该草案已经准备了有十年之久,将给尼日利亚的石油工业带来彻底变革,包括税收政策、环境条例、收入分配的改革以及对尼日利亚国家石油公司(NNPC)的改组。由于草案的复杂性,立法者内部存在争论。
Saraki表示,为了加快进程,众参两院将从下周开始同时讨论该草案。
沈佳蕾摘译自路透社
原文如下:
Nigeria's parliament to start debating petroleum bill next week
Nigeria's Senate president said on Monday that the country's parliament would start debating next week an amended Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), a much-delayed plan to overhaul the vital energy sector hit by graft and mismanagement.
President Muhammadu Buhari has made it a priority to get approval for the PIB, which has been in the works for a decade. The bill is meant to change everything from taxes to overhauling state oil firm NNPC, environmental rules and revenue sharing, but its comprehensive nature has caused disputes among lawmakers.
Senate President Bukola Saraki said the House of Representatives and Senate would discuss the bill simultaneously from next week on to speed up its passage, according to a statement from his media office.