Tinubu Present As Buhari Supervises First Oil Drilling In Northern Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday supervised the first oil drilling in the Northern part of Nigeria.

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was on sight at the historical event some other top government officials witnessed today, Naija News reports.

The Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani oil field site are located in Bauchi and Gombe States.

The Kolmani Integrated Development Project phase I is expected to entail an in-situ Oil Refinery of up to 120k barrels/day capacity, a gas processing plant of up to 500 million standard cubic feet per day, a Power Plant of up to 300MW capacity and a Fertilizer Plant of 2,500 tons per day, President Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad revealed.

See some photos from the event below:

Naija News reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, and other top government officials are present to grace the occasion of the Kolmani Oil Prospecting Lease.

While Nigeria is already exploring crude oil in the southern Niger Delta, this exploration up north will be the first after an attempt in the Borno region was thwarted by insurgency.