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Kogi State House of Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to accord Kogi State its right status as an oil producing state.
The lawmakers are making the request following the exploration of oil in Echeno and Udeke all in Ibaji Local Government Area of the state.
According to Honourable John Abah’s motion "late Prince Abubakar Audu, the former Governor of Kogi State on July 18, 2001 conveyed a letter to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), notifying the corporation of discovery of crude oil in Ibaji Local Government Area of the State”.
In the motion, the lawmakers made a request that the corporation should carry out a thorough investigation to determine the extent of the deposit, even though the preliminary investigation carried out by the NNPC was not published.
The lawmaker further said that it was no longer in doubt that there is oil deposit in Ibaji Local Government Area.
The motion read in part: “Consequently upon this, it may interest this august assembly to know that Orient Petroleum Resources Limited made three offers to Kogi State government when the company arrived on the scene for oil exploration.
“The details are;
“1. That the government of Kogi State should appoint a liaison to be a link between the government and the company.
“2. That the government of Kogi State should allocate a land to the company to use as its deport.
“3. That the government of Kogi State should buy a share of at least 5,000,000,000 Naira in the company”.
The lawmakers are making the request following the exploration of oil in Echeno and Udeke all in Ibaji Local Government Area of the state.
According to Honourable John Abah’s motion "late Prince Abubakar Audu, the former Governor of Kogi State on July 18, 2001 conveyed a letter to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), notifying the corporation of discovery of crude oil in Ibaji Local Government Area of the State”.
In the motion, the lawmakers made a request that the corporation should carry out a thorough investigation to determine the extent of the deposit, even though the preliminary investigation carried out by the NNPC was not published.
The lawmaker further said that it was no longer in doubt that there is oil deposit in Ibaji Local Government Area.
The motion read in part: “Consequently upon this, it may interest this august assembly to know that Orient Petroleum Resources Limited made three offers to Kogi State government when the company arrived on the scene for oil exploration.
“The details are;
“1. That the government of Kogi State should appoint a liaison to be a link between the government and the company.
“2. That the government of Kogi State should allocate a land to the company to use as its deport.
“3. That the government of Kogi State should buy a share of at least 5,000,000,000 Naira in the company”.