The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to begin oil exploration in the northeast.
Speaking during a recent interview on Channels Television’s News night in Abuja, which aired on Monday.
“I have said it a few times that we have found oil in the northeast and we have started drilling activities in the Lake Chad Basin,” he said.
“I don’t know how the discovery of oil in the area will impact all the issues there but on our side, we believe that in a very short time, we will start production.”