BREAKING: Breakthrough as Buhari Flags Off First Oil Mining Project in Northern Nigeria
- The first oil mining project in northern Nigeria Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO), has been declared open
- The flag-off of the project was carried out by President Muhammadu Buhari at the boundary between Gombe and Bauchi
- The event which was held on Tuesday, November 22, was attended by ministers, northern governors, traditional rulers, and dignitaries
President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be performing the flag-off of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO) located between Bauchi and Gombe.
As far as northern Nigeria is concerned, the Kolmani Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site will be the first oil drilling in the region after the natural resource was discovered in 2020.
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The Nation reports that those in attendance at the grand and epoch-making event are Senate President Ahmed Lawan; Governors Bala Mohammed, Inuwa Yahaya, Simon Lalong, Atiku Bagudu, Abubakar Badaru, Aminu Bello Tambuwal, Mai Mala Buni, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Others are Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami; Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Ministers of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; Industry Trade and Investment, Hajia Maryam Katagum; and the Group CEO of the NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari.
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Also invited to the ceremony are Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babagana Kingibe; National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; Chairman of the NNPCL Board, Senator Margery Chuba Okadigbo; traditional rulers and other dignitaries.
Jubilation in northern Nigeria as Buhari moves to flag-off first oil drilling
President Muhammadu Buhari was billed to flag off the validation phase of the first integrated Oil Development project in northern Nigeria.
The flag-off ceremony will take place at the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 exploration sites in a border community between Bauchi and Gombe states.
The president had earlier flagged off the spud-in ceremony of Kolmani River II Well in February 2019 and by October 2019, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited announced the discovery of crude oil, gas, and condensate in the Kolmani River region at the border community between Bauchi and Gombe states.
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