Port Harcourt — Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has blamed the Federal Government for the unending sabotage of oil and gas pipelines by militants. Wike said the Federal Government had failed to create the right environment for investment in the petroleum industry The governor also maintained that the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was a pointer that the country’s oil and gas sector was in crisis. Wike disclosed his position in the keynote paper he delivered at the 2016 annual general meeting of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom, Nigerian branch, which held in Port Harcourt yesterday. The governor said the oil and gas industry in Nigeria was almost exclusively regulated and controlled by the Federal Government, conferring on it the direct responsibility to ensure a receptive environment for investments in the industry. Wike said: “The oil and gas industry is in crisis and in need […]