Nigerians talk up sector reform with PIB expected ‘within weeks’

The controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), designed by the previous government to implement the largest energy sector shake-up in recent Nigerian history, will be passed into law by the end of August, according to petroleum minister Diezani Allison-Madueke. The PIB is nearing completion after months of delays and several re-writes. “All the strategic work has been done and there is only a little bit of fine