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I however, have some concerns about certain provisions of the bill as it affects the downstream. While the bill removed price controls on petroleum products in section 205, the senate version of the bill has a clause that constrains market competition by restricting importation of products to only players with local refining capacity. This clearly counters the provision of 205(1).

This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance by Abubakar Yallema (APC-Sokoto) at Wednesday’s plenary.