NUPRC enforces 3% oil levy, registers 172 community devt trusts

The Punch | 31-08-2026 02:49am |

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has registered 172 Host Communities Development Trusts established by oil and gas companies under the Petroleum Industry Act. The regulator is intensifying enforcement of the PIA provision requiring oil and gas companies, known as settlors, to contribute three per cent of their operating expenditure to the trusts.

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