Buhari Appoints Sylva as Head of Steering Committee for Implementation of Petroleum Act

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to head the steering committee, which will oversee the implementation of the new Petroleum Industry Act.

Other members of the committee are:

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources; Group Managing Director, NNPC; Executive Chairman, FIRS; Representative of the Ministry of Justice; Representative of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Natural Resources; Barrister Olufemi Lijadu as External Legal Adviser, while the Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund, will serve as Head of the Coordinating Secretariat and the Implementation Working Group.