Legal and policy reforms needed

Martin Endjala With the discovery of oil and gas offshore of Namibia, the country will need effective, practical, fair and transparent legal policies to evade the curse of other African countries like Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was emphasized by the Institute for Public Policy Research Executive Director, Graham Hopwood last week as he took a swipe at the upstream Petroleum sector in the country, amidst the discovery of oil and gas as well as the recent announcement by the Mines and Energy Minister, Tom Alweendo, that a revision of the Petroleum Act which is long…