Do you know that Nigeria’s constitution allows the President and Minister of Petroleum “gift” oil blocs to whoever they like? What this means is that oil blocs, the live wire of our dear nation have and can be owned by people who lack the capacity to maximise its potential to deliver development to the Nigerian people.

The Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) that seeks to end this wastefulness which results to sporadic increases in oil and gas prices, has been passed by the legislators. However, in September 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the PIGB.

Our country, has replaced India as the poverty capital of the world largely owing to the failure of successive governments to pass institutionalised laws that control the licensing of oil blocs in Nigeria.

Nigerians have had very little share of the country’s oil wealth and it is time to reverse this trend. Sign this petition to force the President to thoroughly examine the process of awarding oil licenses and sign the PIGB into law.