Members of the House of Representatives
on Tuesday approved the establishment of the Federal University of
Petroleum Resources, Effurun in Delta State.
Lawmakers, sitting in the Committee of the Whole, considered and adopted a report on a bill to establish the institution.
A female member from Delta State, Evelyn Omavowan-Oboro, had sponsored the bill at the 7th Assembly.
However, by the rules of the House,
which allow revisiting of bills introduced in a preceding Assembly, the
House revived the bill by reconsidering it for passage in the Committee
of the Whole.
The university is primarily to serve as a
training institution for oil and gas sector disciplines, particularly
crude oil refining and other oil sector expertise that Nigeria currently
depends on expatriates for.
The report of the bill adopted by
lawmakers on Tuesday explained that the university should be under the
direct supervision of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to impart
knowledge without discrimination on the basis of sex, political
affiliation, race or creed.
However, Omavowan-Oboro, who was happy
that the report had been adopted, at last by the House, said all that
remained was the concurrence of the Senate.
In another resolution, the House called
on the National Emergency Management Agency to urgently come to the aid
of thousands of victims who had been displaced in the Anambra-East/West
Local Government Areas of Anambra State by rainstorm.
A member of the House, Mr. Tony Nwoye,
who reported the plight of the victims to the House on Tuesday, said the
victims were sacked by a downpour on April 30.
Part of the resolution read, “Aware that
on April 30, 2016 Odekpe, lgbedor, Oroma-EtitiAnam, Ogwari Asako
Nsugbe; Nando, Umuneri, Aguleri and other neighbouring communities in
Anambra-East and West Federal Constituency were ravaged by rainstorm.
“We are concerned that the rainstorm
blew off roofs of over 100 residential buildings in those communities,
thereby rendering thousands of people homeless.
“We are also concerned that these
internally displaced people are presently taking refuge in make-shift
structures under severe weather conditions.”
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