Arewa To Commence Oil Exploration
August 18, 2008 by 
Felix Ashimole
Arewa: Northern Nigeria
As a sequel to the position of the 19 Northern States governors that the region can survive without Niger Delta, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engr. Abubakar Yar’Adua has revealed that NNPC will soon commence exploration in the North to ascertain if there is oil deposit in commercial quantity in the region. According to the GMD, the NNPC will use 3D seismic technology as against the 3D that was used in the Niger Delta. The GMD said that the 2D technology was prone to error and can only be used where the base rock is accessible.
The GMD made this disclosure while briefing newsmen on the activities of the NNPC over the past one year. It will be recalled that the GMD drew the ire of MEND when while testifying at a Senate Committee that the NNPC paid about 12 billion naira to the militants in the creeks of Niger Delta to secure oil pipelines.
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The position of the Northern States governors is a welcome and laudable one but, will it bring justice to the people of Niger Delta. I’ll implore them to rather channel their energy and time in thinking of the best way and manner of reparation to the people of the region.
I believe when this proposal comes to fruition, the North will also allow the Federal govt to control the proceeds from this drilling in their area without asking for self control while paying their taxes to the Fed govt.