Rep. Mohammed Monguno, the Chairman of, Committee on PIB, was billed to present the report before it was stepped down.
The report was on the Conference Committee on a Bill for an Act to provide legal governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and the Development of Host Communities.
The House had hurriedly dissolved into an executive session to iron out some grey areas on the PIB that were deemed unacceptable to some lawmakers.
Some of the lawmakers, mainly from the oil-producing states, had earlier gotten wind of the conference report that recommended three percent for the host communities.
The lawmakers therefore engaged in a shouting match before the commencement of plenary to consider the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the conference report on the PIB Bill.
Rep. Chinyere Igwe (PDP-Rivers), Rep. Boma Goodhead (PDP-Rivers), and Bede Eke (PDP-Imo) were seen visibly angry and shouting that they were not going to accept the three percent for host communities.
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The trio and other lawmakers insisted that it must be five percent or nothing.
The House had earlier agreed on five percent while the Senate agreed on three percent, but the conference committee report via harmonisation settled for the three percent.
This, however, did not go down well with the lawmakers, which resulted in a shouting match and eventually snowballed into a rowdy session.
NAN reports that the Senate had earlier recommended three percent for the host communities.
However, sequel to the row, the Speaker of the House of Reps, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, and other principal officers walked into the chamber without the usual announcement.
Gbajabiamila immediately dissolved the House into an executive session.
