Kolmani: ACF lauds oil exploration in Gongola basin


The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the Federal Government and Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for inaugurating oil drilling in Kolmani River, while tasking them to intensify oil exploration on other prospective areas.   

ACF, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Muhammad Ibrahim Biu and made available to Blueprint in Kaduna on Monday, particularly urged government and it’s petroleum agency to further oil and gas prospecting and exploration activities in the Chad Basin, Gongola, Anambra, Sokoto, Bida Basins and Benue Trough to open up new oil prospects for the country.  

“The oil and gas drilling operations in the Spud-In of Kolmani River-II well in the Gongola Basin in Bauchi state, flagged-off by President Muhammad Buhari last week is a welcome development in the sense that it will open new prospects for the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. 

“The political will mustered by the Federal Government to aggressively pursue the oil exploration in the Northern part of the country clearly dovetails with the regime’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) which can boost economic benefits, particularly in the North and Nigeria in general.

“Arewa Consultative Forum, therefore, commends the Federal Government and urges her to sustain the oil and gas exploration efforts in the other frontier basins. In this respects, ACF appeals to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to courageously and fully ensure that the Presidential directive on the oil exploration campaigns in Chad Basin, Gongola, Anambra, Sokoto, Bida Basins and Benue Trough are carried out to the letter and spirit. 

“ACF also appeals to the Federal Government to also create and provide an enabling environment that will encourage other oil companies to invest and participate in the oil and gas exploration in the North. This is because the oil and gas exploration will in no small measure add value  to the nation’s economy,” Biu added. 

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