NEWS: OIL EXPLORATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

DRILLING OIL IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Following the discovery of oil in the North-east region of the country, governors of the 19 northern states have intensified their search for oil by appointing a British firm to carry out oil exploration activities.

This intensification is coming on the heels of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to move up the tempo of the search for crude oil in the North-East.

The Northern Nigeria Development Company, NNDC a conglomerate of companies owned by the 19 northern state governments, has commenced prospecting for oil and gas in the Lake Chad and Benue Basins.

This was the disclosure of Mallam Bashir Dalhatu recently when the Company’s board visited the Katsina state governor, Right Honourable Aminu Bello Masari at the Katsina state Government House.

“We have engaged a British company that is already working in the Lake Chad region and from Niger and Chad side in the same area with us and we have been meeting with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in order to put efforts together”.

“The Federal Government has also re-emphasized to us, during those meetings, its total support for exploration and exploitation of oil and gas in the North-East of the country”, Mallam Dalhatu stated.