The Senate President Ahmad Lawan has assured Nigerians that the ninth Senate would improve on the activities of its successors by ensuring that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill becomes a reality under his leadership. Lawan who stated this whilewelcoming back his colleagues from a two-month recess lamented that the billhad stayed too long in the National Assembly since its introduction and thatthe delay in concluding works on it was affecting the petroleum sector. He added that the petroleum industryis long overdue for reform. Several efforts and attempts were made in the pastthree sessions of the National Assembly but they were unfortunately notsuccessful. Lawan also pledged that the ninthSenate will work with the executive to tackle the growing rate of youthsunemployment in the country. He also said that the parliamentwould key in to the agenda of President Buhari’s administration’s determinationto take one hundred million Nigerians out of poverty.