President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to commence the search for crude oil and other hydrocarbon exploratory activities in the Benue Trough. Buhari According to a statement by the NNPC, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikaniti Baru, disclosed this while receiving a delegation from the Benue State Government, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. This is coming few days after the same directive was given to the NNPC to intensify crude oil exploration in the Chad basin. The Benue Trough is a major geological formation underlying a large part of Nigeria, extending about 1,000 kilometer north-east from the Bight of Benin to Lake Chad. It is part of the broader Central African Rift System.

Baru stated that the directive to commence exploratory activities in the Benue Trough was part of efforts to guarantee energy security of the country. In addition, the NNPC also stated that it has reinvigorated its collaboration with the Benue State Government on the Ethanol project which is geared towards production of biofuels for energy sufficiency. Baru noted that ethanol when blended with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, ensures excellent performance of vehicles, stressing that energy sufficiency and proficiency were part of the cardinal objectives of the NNPC. The NNPC added that it has initiated a renewable energy programme in August 2005 which is in conformity with the Kyoto Protocol agreement to which Nigeria is a signatory.

The primary aim of the programme, according to the NNPC, is to link the agricultural sector with the oil and gas industry, adding that it is also targeted at gradually reducing the nation’s dependence on imported gasoline, reducing environmental pollution as a result of consumption of wholesale fossil fuel as well as creating a commercially viable industry that can boast of sustainable domestic jobs. “A similar programme in Brazil has a thriving biofuels industry providing quantum economic benefits including creation of hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for nationals of that country,” the NNPC noted.

Also speaking, leader of the Benue State delegation, Mr. Terwase Orbunde, commended the NNPC for resolving the recent fuel supply challenges and pledged the readiness of the state government to support the quick take-off of the Ethanol project, adding that the project would generate jobs for Nigerians. Orbunde assured the NNPC of full support and cooperation from the State Government and the host communities, stressing that the State Government fully identifies with the energy policy of the Federal Government.

The Benue trough, according to Wikipedia, has its southern limit at the northern boundary of the Niger Delta, where it dips down and is overlaid with Tertiary and more recent sediments. It extends in a northeasterly direction to the Chad Basin, and is about 150 kilometer wide. The trough is arbitrarily divided into lower, middle and upper regions, and the upper region is further divided into the Gongola and Yola arms. The Anambra Basin in the west of the lower region is more recent than the rest of the trough, being formed during a later period of compression, but is considered part of the formation.

: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/buhari-orders-nnpc-to-commence-oil-exploration-in-benue-trough/

Ftc again!

Hw many oil exploration we go get this year

Na only yam dem go find for inside that state ground!

DonBobes:
Ftc again!
Hw many oil exploration we go get this year

Soldier, this FTC no be war, take it easy.

This is how to diversify the economy from oil abi Dem use crude oyel swear for this demon

Economic diversification in full speed..






Zone B's over to una

Funlordjnr:
Na only yam dem go find for inside that state ground!

Is not there.
Still haven,t found what his looking for.

I pray this oil is found even if it's for consumption within the country. So that north can be 100% Independent. In case pipeline is bombard by Niger Delta, we will still have enough for internal consumption.

rapistomenka:
This is how to diversify the economy from oil abi Dem use crude oyel swear for this demon

Shey u want control of your resources, then allow
him to find oil for fueling his northern brothers car.
You are just afraid if oil is found, then you have
nothing to show northern Nigeria.
Talk of diversification, yesterday green alternative is
launched by Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo

I hope he finds what he is looking for,oil diversification is a good thing

Buhari be like,
I want to diversify our economy and stop the dependence on crude oil,
But make una go find oil for me first

j

Hm niger delta militant don carry their oil nah now him wn diversify....
#op

not bad.

DonBobes:
Ftc again!

Hw many oil exploration we go get this year

exploration continues, read more on oil and gas accounting.

Is this what they mean by diversification of the economy?

This has shown that this man does not have any economic plan,roadmap or blueprint,otherwise in this era of dwindling oil prices why would a sane person's mind still be fixated on oil money instead of thinking about diversification into agro business and exports.I now know why Patience Jonathan,in Lokoja febuary last year said..'Buhari is brain dead..Buhari brain don die kpata kpata..'

Mr President, i commend your good work, but sir remember to invest in renewable energy. Thank you.

So this where all the money going to. No proflem Nigeria will be flery graf insha allah

Agriculture would have made a lot of sense

i now believe buhari is drinking strong ogogro from sapele, shey na by force to find oil....

Benue people get ready for genocide.

Is there oil in benue? why not engage the money into Agro-industralization.

Crazzy decision from a crazy President

Hmmm after getting his herdsmen brothers to uproot the indigenes from their land the way is clear for him to explore their land without issues, nice one

Nice one.

kayfra:
Let's get all the oil before it becomes totally useless in the next few years. Eff Avengers while we are it.

I support the strategy.

Not sure I would support this. Specialisation is key to industrialisation and economic growth. The Benue man is most adept in agriculture and we have an almost endless expanse of arable lands- we should focus on consolidation of our expertise instead of "switching lanes" unnecessarily.

SamuelAnyawu:
Nice one. Cool Money for the Tivs, Idomas and Igedes.

That's if the Tivs don't hijack everything when it starts

cc Om*enka we need your comment here

Bro, if this comes to fruition, the instability in the ND would be small potatoes compared to what would happen here.

Tivs are suspicious about Idomas and tend to trust the Igedes more. Igedes don't trust the Idomas either as they tend to "corner to themselves" everything due for Benue South.

Regardless of the mistrust, we all co-habit peacefully but I have no doubt all that pent-up "animosity" would boil over soon as such a money spinner is thrown in the mix.

Zombies tell una president to stop ordering maybe things go work beta for him.

Dont worry bubu Dey wil find Red oil and kernel oil
Anu mpama