Commercial Quantities Of Oil and Gas In Bida Basin, Niger State

JUST two days after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered for deeper inquest for crude oil in the Chad Basin, The Niger State Government has called on the Federal Government not to forget the rich Bida basin.


 The government said this was already contained in a report from a team set up by the previous government, this is likely going to reduce the dependence on Niger Delta oil in the country as Lagos has already been certified an oil-producing state.

 The search for oil in the north has received a boost following the revelation by the Niger state government that large quantity of crude oil was in the Bida Basin ready for exploration.

The country had suffered a setback in the production of oil due to the activities of Niger Delta militants which has also affected the country’s revenue.

Jonathan Vatsa who is the commissioner for information, culture and tourism in Niger revealed that the immediate past state government, through a committee it set up, had confirmed the availability of large quantity of crude oil in the Bida Basin.

He said: “The search for crude oil will not be complete in the north until Bida Basin, which has a lot of potential, is included because there had been several intensification of crude oil search with re-invigorated exploration based on fresh strategy".