NNPC Speaks Over Discovery Of Large Quantity Of Crude Oil In Niger

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the discovery of Crude oil in large quantity in Bida Basin, Northern Niger state was quoted out of context.

Dr Mazadu D Bako, the Group General Manager, Frontier Exploration Services (GGM, FES). NNPC said the discovery of crude oil in any location is not an hidden thing and community and people will celebrate.

He stated this in an interview with Dailytust newspaper on the drilling of oil in North sequence to President Muhammadu Buhari marching order,

Recall that researchers from the IBB University, Lapai recently announced that they had discovered large quantity of crude deposit at the Bida Basin.

The Head of Research and Development, Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda (IBB) University, Lapai in Niger State, Prof. Nuhu Obaje, said the findings have been made known to both the Federal Government as well as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).