FG scraps DPR, PPRA, PEF

The Federal Government has officially scrapped the Department of Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund.

Following the passage and implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act, the Upstream Regulatory Commission and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority are to now perform the duties of the three defunct agencies.

The move also includes the official transition of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into NNPC Limited to be governed by an extant company and allied matter regulation.

Speaking at the official transition in Abuja, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, as well as head of the upstream commission, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe and NPRA Chief Executive Officer, Farouk Ahmed, predicted improved investments to leapfrog the nation’s oil sector.