Author: Preye Okah

The Delta State Representative of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC Olusegun Ogunnubi has advised stakeholders from the Oil and Gas producing communities not to truncate the setting up of the Host Communities Development Trust Fund provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act. Speaking recently in Yenagoa during a stakeholder’s sensitization meeting for the host communities, the NUPRC representative disclosed that the essence of the meeting was to sensitize them on the gains of the Petroleum Industry Act. Chapter three of the Petroleum Industry Act, provides a legal framework to ensure cordial relations between International Oil Companies and their host…