The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Silva, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), will soon resume oil exploration and drilling in the Lake Chad Basin.
Silva disclosed this yesterday, while speaking to newsmen after an operational meeting on Chad Basin with the Chief of Army Staff and top officers and commanders of Nigerian Army in Maiduguri.
Recall that oil search in the Chad Basin was suspended after a team of NNPC Frontier Exploration Services and their consultants from the University of Maiduguri were attacked and some of them abducted on July 25, 2017.
He said the decision to recommence exploration activities in the region was borne out of the successes so far recorded by the military in securing the region from the Boko Haram insurgents. The minister commended Buratai and the Nigerian Army for their resilience and gallantry in the quest to liberate the North-East from insurgents, as well making the entire country safe and secure.
The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, was attended by the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari and other top management staff of NNPC and the ministry.
Also in attendance are the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya and the Multi-national Joint Task Force, MNJTF, counterpart, Major-Gen. Yusuf Ibrahim and other top officers.
