“This industry is very critical to national development, security and poverty alleviation as seen in most economies of the world.
“Nigeria as the largest democracy in Africa and third largest in the world cannot be seen lagging behind in terms of leveraging on the opportunities available in this industry to advance the welfare of its citizens,” he said.
Salam said that the house would find solutions to all bureaucratic bottlenecks which may have made it impossible to achieve the desired target.
He also assured that the committee will do a thorough job in line with its mandate and turn in the report in due course.
