"Despite Our Losses, We Will Not Chicken Out of Oil Search", Says UniMaid VC
By: Atkinson Davis
In spite of the ambush by insurgents on the exploration team from the NNPC and the University of Maiduguri which suffered losses and deaths,the Chad Basin area of the Northeast region, Vice Chancellor of the institution has come to state that the search for oil will continue as the will not chicken out from the exploration.
The was the position of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi recently while receiving a high powered delegation from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
Prof. Njodi gave this pledge while reiterating the commitment of the institution to go the whole hog with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC in the search for commercial hydrocarbon deposits in the Chad Basin despite the recent insurgent attack.
Professor Njodi disclosed this whole playing host to the delegation from the Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and the NNPC, which was led by Engr. Saidu Mohammed, Chief Operating Officer in charge of Gas and Power unit of the Corporation.
"Though the entire University community was distraught by the cruel incident of July 25th 2017, the University cannot ‘’Chicken out’’ from doing what it is supposed to do when eventually the NNPC re-organizes and return to exploration work in the area", Prof. Njodo said.
Tracing the University’s partnership with the Corporation to over 12 years ago when the NNPC teed-off exploration activities in the Chad Basin, the UniMaid VC described the cruel attack on the Frontier Exploration Services/Surface Geochemistry Sampling team comprising the NNPC, Consultants from University of Maiduguri, Consultants attached to the Integrated Data Services Limited, (IDSL) a subsidiary of the NNPC and Civilian escort team, as an act of God.
The situation, painful as it might appear, must be seen as a necessary sacrifice for the development of the country, he said.
The UniMaid VC, however, called on the NNPC to stand firm beside the University and the families of the bereaved and provide the much needed support to overcome the massive setback wrought by the insurgent attack.
In his response, the Chief Operating Officer of the Power and Gas unit of the Corporation stated that; "as a responsible corporate entity, the NNPC would do everything within its means to support the University and the families of the victims of the attack".
"We have been great partners with the University of Maiduguri for many years and certainly, when losses like this happen and under this circumstance, we cannot abandon our partners to their fate", Engr. Mohammed said.
Engr. Saidu Mohammed promised to return to the University after conferring with the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Group Managing Director of the NNPC.
The delegation, had earlier in the day, paid a similar visit to the Governor of Borno State at Government House Maiduguri where the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, charged the NNPC not to allow the attack to dampen its morale in the quest for new oil finds in the region.
Before departing Maiduguri, the high powered delegation paid a visit to the Nigeria Armys' Theatre Command Headquarters of Operation Lafia Dole where a formal condolence letter from the HMSPR was handed over to Brig. Gen. Stevenson Olabanji who stood in for the Theatre Commander.
Brig. General Olabanji restated the readiness of the military to perform its statutory role of providing security cover for exploration activities in the Chad Basin and beyond.
Meanwhile the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru upon return of the delegation over the weekend, announced some short term palliatives for victims of the attacks.
The was the position of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi recently while receiving a high powered delegation from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
Prof. Njodi gave this pledge while reiterating the commitment of the institution to go the whole hog with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC in the search for commercial hydrocarbon deposits in the Chad Basin despite the recent insurgent attack.
Professor Njodi disclosed this whole playing host to the delegation from the Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and the NNPC, which was led by Engr. Saidu Mohammed, Chief Operating Officer in charge of Gas and Power unit of the Corporation.
"Though the entire University community was distraught by the cruel incident of July 25th 2017, the University cannot ‘’Chicken out’’ from doing what it is supposed to do when eventually the NNPC re-organizes and return to exploration work in the area", Prof. Njodo said.
Tracing the University’s partnership with the Corporation to over 12 years ago when the NNPC teed-off exploration activities in the Chad Basin, the UniMaid VC described the cruel attack on the Frontier Exploration Services/Surface Geochemistry Sampling team comprising the NNPC, Consultants from University of Maiduguri, Consultants attached to the Integrated Data Services Limited, (IDSL) a subsidiary of the NNPC and Civilian escort team, as an act of God.
The situation, painful as it might appear, must be seen as a necessary sacrifice for the development of the country, he said.
The UniMaid VC, however, called on the NNPC to stand firm beside the University and the families of the bereaved and provide the much needed support to overcome the massive setback wrought by the insurgent attack.
In his response, the Chief Operating Officer of the Power and Gas unit of the Corporation stated that; "as a responsible corporate entity, the NNPC would do everything within its means to support the University and the families of the victims of the attack".
"We have been great partners with the University of Maiduguri for many years and certainly, when losses like this happen and under this circumstance, we cannot abandon our partners to their fate", Engr. Mohammed said.
Engr. Saidu Mohammed promised to return to the University after conferring with the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Group Managing Director of the NNPC.
The delegation, had earlier in the day, paid a similar visit to the Governor of Borno State at Government House Maiduguri where the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, charged the NNPC not to allow the attack to dampen its morale in the quest for new oil finds in the region.
Before departing Maiduguri, the high powered delegation paid a visit to the Nigeria Armys' Theatre Command Headquarters of Operation Lafia Dole where a formal condolence letter from the HMSPR was handed over to Brig. Gen. Stevenson Olabanji who stood in for the Theatre Commander.
Brig. General Olabanji restated the readiness of the military to perform its statutory role of providing security cover for exploration activities in the Chad Basin and beyond.
Meanwhile the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru upon return of the delegation over the weekend, announced some short term palliatives for victims of the attacks.
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