Minister Presents Mining and Petroleum Bills to Parliament The South Sudanese Minister of Mining and Petroleum Hon. Stephen Dhieu has presented the Mining and Petroleum Policies to the National Parliament line specialized committees. 27 June 2013
By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 27 June 2013 [Gurtong] - The policies; petroleum policy and framework for the minerals and mining sector, the Minister said are aimed at streamlining the activities of the sectors. The framework of the minerals and mining sector Dhieu said is objectively to ensure that South Sudan maximizes the economic and social benefits of realizing its mineral wealth anticipating and limiting the negative effects. He said it is also developed in a way to support and encourage investment, development of the minerals and mining and ensure mining is carried out in a socially. And the petroleum policy is to strengthen the petroleum management to contribute to full economic prosperity and human development, set the basis for petroleum related legislation and use oil revenues to develop non oil sectors. The policies which is another development in mainstreaming the petroleum and mining sector in the fledgling nation were referred to the line specialized committees of Energy and Mining, Forestry and Agriculture and that of Finance and Economic Planning for further scrutiny before they are re-tabled by the August House. Posted in: Home, Parliaments -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqphUBz8R1KQTQBPz8bsq7bRRjuy0xU9tRkJwGQ6wD1hg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
