Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the resumption of drilling activities at the Ebenyi-A oil field in Obi local government area of the state.
Governor Sule made the appeal during a one-day visit by the president to Nasarawa State.
The governor said the exploration of over a billion reserves would benefit the country immensely.
He specifically said the hydrocarbon reserve and activities could transform the state into Saudi Arabia if well harnessed.
“In 2023, there was an exploration well that was going on in Obi LGA. There has been a discovery of hydrocarbons in excess of one billion barrels in that site. We are asking you, Your Excellency, to ensure that they come back and drill the next exploration well, the appraisal well so that we can start producing oil from that site.
“We are telling you this is best for the country. This is inland. We will be another Saudi Arabia if we have a deep onshore operation so that we can have an integrated oil and gas facility, similar to what they have in Saudi Arabia,” he stated.
He noted that such an arrangement would afford the country the opportunity to explore, produce and refine petroleum products at a given location.
“We can do exploration, production, refining, as well as gas production, power production, and be able to move finished products to other parts of the country. Your Excellency, we believe you can do that. We are asking you to please go ahead and do that for us,” he said.
