Thread by @mrlurvy

Rather than focus on the core objective of petroleum industry reforms, the actors have resorted to endless political gamesmanship to secure the greatest advantage for their respective constituencies. #NASSPassPIB

These were never the objectives of petroleum industry reforms. In the end both the nation and its constituent parts have suffered the consequence of stalemate. The zero-sum approach has yielded no winners. #NASSPassPIB

Fortunately, everyone agrees that the petroleum sector in is desperate need of reforms, and that the PIB is a crucial piece of legislation. #NASSPassPIB

But, experience has shown that this is not sufficient. A more important consensus at this point would be to agree on what should be done differently this time. #NASSPassPIB

According to the NEITI policy brief, all actors first need to remember that corruption, lack of transparency and accountability and general poor governance of the sector were the main reasons for reforms in the first place. #NASSPassPIB

Secondly, precious time is being needlessly expended on starting the process from the scratch every time a new regime decides to revive the process.
#NASSPassPIB