The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday said that Anambra, Enugu and Kogi states can only join the list of oil producing states after meeting necessary conditions.

In a letter to the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), the DPR said that the three states could only be declared oil bearing states if the oil firm in the area, Orient Oil, scales up its operations from oil prospecting to oil mining lease.

The Department insisted that the states cannot be categorised as oil producing states for now because they have not met the necessary requirements.

Chairman of the Committee, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, said the issue at stake has to do with a referral to the committee on the contentious boundary between the three states.




He noted that a report that said “the Federal Government confirms Anambra oil producing ‎status” threw up the matter to the front burner.

Alasoadura said his committee lacked the power to declare an oil-producing status on a state.

He said that the committee believed that the agency is in the best position to settle the matter with the National Boundary Commission (NBC).

The Ondo Central senator said the committee wrote to the DPR “but their response was not quite satisfactory.”

That is why we want to hear from your commission.

He noted that the committee decided to hear from the National Boundary Commission because “when we had a similar issue in Ondo State in the past, it was your commission that resolved it.”

Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) noted that the issue of OPL 915 and 916 dated back to antiquity.

Utazi said: “I didn’t know that this motion would come up, because we had already resolved the issue when Senator Isaac Mohammed Alfa was away.

“Kogi and Enugu states do not have problem; the two are in agreement. But Enugu and Anambra are not in agreement.

“We in Enugu want to be declared as oil producing state too. Let that be done pending when the boundary commission finishes its work.”

He added that Orient Oil, within seven years, moved from 3,000 to 10,000 barrels a day.

According to him, “an oil company that had been able to move from 3,000 to 10,000 barrels per day should have graduated from oil prospecting to oil mining lease.”

He said that they would go to the DPR to find out why Orient Oil refused to move from oil prospecting to oil mining lease.”

Senator Alfa said there was no contention on the desire to recognise the affected communities as oil producing communities.

Acting Director-General of the National Boundary Commission, Adamu Adaji said that the issue is a tripartite one involving the three states.

He said: “We carried out preliminary field work on Kogi-Anambra boundary, but the challenge we have is the document we are using, which was produced before independence.

“We had to use a provincial boundary map produced by the colonial masters. We discovered that the descriptions on the map are not too clear.

“We scaled out seven points, and about five of them were discovered, but the remaining two resisted.

“Some youths from Ibaji community accosted our staff at some point that they will not agree with the legal document we were using. We are relying on Legal Instrument of 1954.

“The work was stalled because the people of Ibaji were of the view that we must identify the points between Anambra, Kogi and Enugu before we could do anything.

“When we made an attempt in 2015, our effort was aborted. We met with the then governor of Kogi State and he promised to talk to the community to cooperate with us.


What we want now is to get the states to cooperate so that we can work. The three states were not quite forthcoming for us to do the job. That is what we have been trying to do now.

“If we cannot rely on the map, we plead that the states should cooperate for us to come to a boundary that is acceptable to all.”

Senator Magnus Abe noted that from what the commission said, “it’s already doing something, but the problem is except the commission does what some people want, the work can’t be done. Except there is the right atmosphere for them to work, nothing can be done.”

Abe suggested that the only way the issue could be resolved is for the committee to invite the states to come and “we set up a joint team with the boundary commission so that we can have adequate security ‎before they can go and do their job.

“Now that there is oil there, the next thing you may have is that the people will start acquiring guns and start shooting themselves.”

Senator Gershom Bassey said that the National Boundary Commission cannot completely be exonerated from the blame. He noted that in his state, Cross River, “there have been communal clashes because the commission has not done its job.

Philip Gyunka said that it appeared the commission does not want to hurt some communities.

“I want to advise here that whatever you think can solve the problem, please try and do it.”

Alasoadura, however, explained that the Boundary Commission cannot do anything without the cooperation of the states.

States, he said, should also establish their own boundary commissions so that they can work directly with the NBC.


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Enugu and kogi state lack truth in them.



All I see Na just politics coz the oil field fall in anambra state.


Take a visit there and confirm.

Nigeria and yeye politics.

In a letter to the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), the DPR said that the three states could only be declared oil bearing states if the oil firm in the area, Orient Oil, scales up its operations from oil prospecting to oil mining lease.

Interesting so nobody going to declared an oil producing state even if NBC declared where the oil being drilled today. If NBC so incompetent the Supreme Court could just take case and decide. Despites between states are their original jurisdiction. There's no reason this issue should drag a decade.

Ps: Why haven't the states sued over this.

Since they don't want them to use the map, na wetin them won make them use?

The only resistance is coming from outside Anambra.

“Some youths from Ibaji community accosted our staff at some point that they will not agree with the legal document we were using. We are relying on Legal Instrument of 1954.

“When we made an attempt in 2015, our effort was aborted. We met with the then governor of Kogi State and he promised to talk to the community to cooperate with us.

What a stupid excuse. Did the police and the other security forces disband. You guys dont need anyones permission to do your jobs. Go in with overwhelming force and complete assignment. If these youth get wild arrest then lock them away. They can talk to the judge.

Abe suggested that the only way the issue could be resolved is for the committee to invite the states to come and “we set up a joint team with the boundary commission so that we can have adequate security ‎before they can go and do their job.

Lol if the NBC wants to they can. If states wanted to negotiate this they would've done so already. Fact is they need higher authority to decide for them.

Lol which oil them get
Na kogi get d oil jare
Igala youths must stand up for their right

mekaboy:
Since they don't want them to use the map, na wetin them won make them use?

The only resistance is coming from outside Anambra.

The don’t want them to use the map because they know (as the map would show) that the oil wells lay in Anambra territory! This rubbish has been dragging on since about 2014, with no end in sight!

That’s Nigeria for you...they never take anything seriously, especially if it has to do with something that would benefit those they consider ‘conquered people’! Another example is the Ogoni cleanup...so far all we’ve seen is tripartite meeting where they blow plenty grammar and confuse the poor average Ogoni man who just wants the billions promised to clean up his land! Did you hear much grammar when Buhari illegally withdrew 1 billion dollars with the excuse of fighting the bokos in the north-east?

If this amount of oyel was found in say Katsina or Kano, you can bet your last naira there’d be no faffing about by parastatals like the NBC....they’d have declared the state oyel producing and started collecting their 13% even before you have the chance to shout WTF!

There is no oil in enugu. They are the ones delaying the process. The areas where the 10,000 barrels of oil are presently drilled all lie within Anambra state. Kogi youths are so violent and hostile that they don't allow Orient petroleum into their territory for drilling. All the same, their bad-belle is only hurting them as Orient petroleum is 94% owned by Anambra investors with minority stake held by the Anambra state government. The company is also headquarted in Anambra state. Enugu state's attempt to be named an oil producing state through the back door will never work.

mekaboy:
Since they don't want them to use the map, na wetin them won make them use?

The only resistance is coming from outside Anambra.

Exactly......Enugu Doesn't have any case here....

Is just dirty politics and someone will take me that chimpanzees barefaced ekweremmadu is useful to the senate....hypocrites.

Why won't they allow NBC work because they knew the said oil is securely in Anambra. They are wasting their time. Aside oil, Anambra has the largest natural gas reserve in Nigeria.

KingOfallOsu:


Lagos alone produce more Oil than your Entire useless South East

Which of the lagos?
Lago's has no oil bro
Get out Afonja has no oil,
ijaw land and edo land ceded to ondo to make lit look like Afonja has oil,
Lago's has no drop of oil but propaganda,
Ibos of delta, rivers ,Abia, Imo Anambra has crude and gas reserved,
The highest oIL producing oil block in rivers is located in igbo zone (obigbo)
So get lost
Afonja land is barren land
Lagos has no oil ,no oil infrastructure no gas flaring, just propaganda and lies

KingOfallOsu:


Lagos alone produce more Oil than your Entire useless South East

Lol no it doesn't. The troll is wrong about lagod not having oil. He wants everyone to believe lagos get 13% derivation with no oil while nobody says word. Then at same time Anambra has been crying to be included as oil producing state to no avail.

dreamwords:

Lago's has no oil bro
Get out Afonja has no oil,
I jaw land and edo land ceded to ondo to make lit look like Afonja has oil,
Lago's has no drop of oil but propaganda,
Ibos of delta, rivers ,Abia, Imo Anambra has crude and gas reserved,
The highest oIL producing oil block in rivers is located in igbo zone (obigbo)
So get lost
Afonja land is barren land
Lagos has no oil ,no oil infrastructure no gas flaring, just propaganda and lies

Lol your hardship with accepting Reality even when back with facts always make you Igbo look stupid


Lagos is the sixth Oil producing State in Nigeria that produces more Oil than the Entire South East not to even talk about Ondo

You can keep celebrating your one bottle of Oil in Igbo Land

Lagos enugu has no oil... Kogi will kill all investors planning drillings

Blue3k:


Lol no it doesn't. The troll is wrong about lagod not having oil.

Lagos produce more Oil than Entire South East and that is a fact

https://www.google.com/amp/s/infoguidenigeria.com/oil-producing-states/amp/

KingOfallOsu:



Lol your hardship with accepting Reality even when back with facts always make you Igbo look stupid


Lagos is the sixth Oil producing State in Nigeria that produces more Oil than the Entire South East not to even talk about Ondo

You can keep celebrating your one bottle of Oil in Igbo Land

Yoruba and Lagos has no drop of oil, bro stop deceiving yourself you can even go to ewedu encyclopedia,
The truth is lago's has no oil,
The one in ondo is from ijaw and edo land ceded to ondo
Cone headed afonja man in sifia pains after discovering that afonja has no oil

dreamwords:

Yoruba and Lagos has no drop oil, bro stop deceiving yourself you can even go to ewedu encyclopedia,
The truth is lago's has no oil,
The one in ondo is from ijaw and edo land ceded to ondo
Ewedu man in sifia pains after discovering that afonja has no oil

You are the one deceiving yourself here, Lagos Have more Oil than the Entire Yeast and you can keep celebrating your one bottle of Oil, we won't burst your bubble

KingOfallOsu:


Lagos produce more Oil than Entire South East and that is a fact

https://www.google.com/amp/s/infoguidenigeria.com/oil-producing-states/amp/

Why does lagos recieve the least in derivation then? Your source contradicts argument.

iii. 13% Derivation is the amount of monthly revenue allocated to each oil-producing state based on the volume of crude oil produced. It is 13% of the total revenue generated.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/infoguidenigeria.com/oil-producing-states/amp/

KingOfallOsu:


You are the one deceiving yourself here, Lagos Have more Oil than the Entire Yeast and you can keep celebrating your one bottle of Oil, we won't burst your bubble

Lagos has no oil ,only propaganda and lies, all you posted their are fake post by afonja media cows,
No oil in lagos,

KingOfallOsu:


You are the one deceiving yourself here, Lagos Have more Oil than the Entire Yeast and you can keep celebrating your one bottle of Oil, we won't burst your bubble

Instead of dwelling in lies why not show us pictures of your supposed oil well rather than write up which can be created by any blogger

dreamwords:

Lagos has no oil ,only propaganda and lies, all you posted their are fake post by afonja media cows,
No oil in lagos,

Well it is a pity no one care about the opinion of a nonentity like you so we will leave you to keep celebrating your one bottle of Oil in the East.

Meanwhile Lagos will keep receiving it 13% derivation as an Oil producing State

Edokingdom:

Instead of dwelling in lies why not show us pictures of your supposed oil well rather than write up which can be created by any blogger

There are pictures and even if we show you, people like you won't still believe, you can go look for it yourself we don't care whether you believe or not

KingOfallOsu:


There are pictures and even if we show you, people like you won't still believe, you can go look for it yourself we don't care whether you believe or not

My brother prove it by showing us the oil well, or remain blunt forever. Even lagos is not fully a Yoruba land

But katsina is oil producing state

Ok