Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s allocation of N39.4 billion for oil exploration in the Northern part of Nigeria.
Reacting to the pronouncement of the allocation as enshrined in the 2016 budget, Onuesoke, while speaking to newsmen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State said it was amazing that when the West and other parts of the world were embarking on renewable energy exploration, Nigeria was allocating funds for oil exploration in arid Northern part of the country.
“I wonder if Nigeria is thinking ahead or backward. I am saying this because when countries like America are selling their reserve and diversifying into other sources of energy generation, it is now Nigeria is exploring for more oil in the North. It should be noted that Nigeria cannot be an advocate of climate change and at the same time invest on oil exploration instead of renewable drive for sustainable energy like solar,” he argued. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The search for oil in the North must continue whether you like it or not. In as much as the international oil market continue to patronize the supplier there is no reason to the supplies. We all know that the western countries and Europe are the major pollution architects. The President will prove to you that we are not parasites by the time the oil is gotten.
ReplyDeleteLet us hope that oil exploration in the north 'll not be hijack by boko haram as the case of Isil in syrian.
ReplyDeleteThis is the reason why u are agitating for Biafra
ReplyDeleteYou can hang yourself on the sky out of frustration but we must diversify the nation's oil but exploring it in the north
ReplyDeleteSuch money...I tot buhari said there's no money...are we not supposed to diversify the economy? Oil again? How well are we managing the oil at our disposal...this is amount is outrageous...this is non sense, this is a total waste of Nigerian money
ReplyDeleteBuhari has gone mad o...it wld have bn agriculture or even any other form of renewable energy...
ReplyDeleteBuhari is only creating avenues to loot Nigerians money
ReplyDelete39.4 billion...what!
ReplyDeleteNow ask me why the easterners won't be feeling marginalised?
ReplyDeleteNow ask me why the easterners won't be feeling marginalised?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all Buhari u sited a refinery in kaduna in ur military regime whn transportation of oil from the middle belt to kaduna is alone is far too exorbitant ,and just because you are a northerner u loose ur sense of reasoning? And now..you were just shouting diversifying the economy and you can spend 39.4 Billion on just doing trial and error to see if any oil will come out of the north...buhari needs a mental examination, he does not only contradict himself, he's confused
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