The senate has rejected a motion
seeking to recognise Kogi as an oil-producing state.
Issac Alfa, senator representing
Kogi east, sponsored the motion.
While moving the motion on the
floor of the senate on Wednesday, Alfa argued that of the four states that
constitute OPL 915, Kogi was producing the most crude oil.
The lawmaker said oil wells three
and four are located at Ibaji in Kogi.
“Orient Petroleum Resources PLC
has been taking Crude Oil from OPL 915 since 2012 till date and the percentages
of crude oil in the OPL 915 among the three contesting states are as follows:
Kogi State-53%, Anambra-23%, Enugu-17% and Edo- 7%,” he said.
“There has been no drilling
activity from the OPL 916 which jointly belongs to Kogi, Anambra and Delta
states while Orient Petroleum has fully drilled 4 oil wells at OPL 915 (wells
1, 2, 3, and 4) with wells 3 and 4 incontrovertibly located in Ibaji in Kogi
state accounting for 53% of the crude oil.”
Contributing to the debate, Ike
Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, said Alfa should “humbly” withdraw the
motion.
“He should have met with Senator
Dino Melaye on the rules and business for proper guidance. We have enough work
in the parliament,” Ekweremadu said.
Chukwuka Utazi, senator
representing Enugu north, said there is no need dissipating energy on the
matter as it is already before the committee on upstream.
“I understand he wants to show
people that he is working at home. The committee should finish and submit the
report,” he said.
“I am of the opinion that the
motion brought stepped down so we don’t have more trouble we already have
enough trouble and wait for the committee.”
The motion was rejected when it
was put to a voice vote by Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com