The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has on Tuesday named a seven-member committee to harmonise the different versions of the Petroleum Industry Bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly last week.
The Senate leader announced this at a plenary on Tuesday.
Lawan disclosed that Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North) would lead the conference committee.
Other members of the panel include Senators Sabo Nakudu (Jigawa North East), Albert Bassey (Akwa Ibom), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central), Stella Oduah ( Anambra), and Gabriel Suswan (Benue).
Lawan said the panel would meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives as early as possible to reconcile the differences in the two versions passed.
The Senate President said the conference committee would start sitting immediately so that the National Assembly could transmit the harmonised bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent, an action expected to be executed as early as next week.