Reasons FG suspended crude oil exploration in Chad Basin



….Will resume after assurance, clearance from military ..We can’t confirm rescue of our workers from Boko Haram terrorists By Michael Eboh and Ifeoluwa Mic-Braimoh ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, said it has suspended crude oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin following attack on personnel of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in Borno State by suspected members of Boko Haram terrorist group.




Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Chairman of the NNPC Board, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, declared that NNPC would only resume production if it got sufficient assurance and security clearance from the military authorities, guaranteeing the safety of its personnel and operations.





He said, “Whether we will resume, obviously, will depend again on what security clearance is given. Certainly, we will not go back unless they give us clearance; just like we did not go in before they gave us clearance. Provided they are sufficient security.............
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Were Boko Haram not defeated? Was it not this government that said so? Someone should please explain to me.

[b][/b][quote author=KardinalZik post=58907149]Were Boko Haram not defeated? Was it not this government that said so? Someone should please explain me.



You can defeat a terrorist group, but you can't end it... Terrors are everywhere..

Once d north gets oil in very large commercial quantities, then it is goodbye to "One Nigeria". Not a single drop of oil would be combusted in the south not to talk of using the revenue from it sales to finance projects in d south.