The claim of oil or gas at the Benue trough in Bauchi State has been described as mere political statement rather than an economic fortune, a geologist in the state, Dahiru am Mohammed Kafi, has said.
“Where is the oil or gas in Bauchi State? What evidence do you have?
I’m a professional and when you say there is something you have to show
me evidence, there is no information whatsoever to indicate the quantity
of oil or gas available in Bauchi State,” he queried.
According to him, you can find some quantity of oil or gas which is not
economical to exploit, recalling that the last attempt to find oil in
Bauchi State was between 15 to 20 years ago,
Kafi, however, admitted: “I pray that there is oil in Bauchi State and I
pray also that we can get it. And there has been a lot of improvement
in technology today where even in the Delta region, places that have
been exploited before and found dry are today finding oil because new
technology has been employed.”
Kafi in an interview with journalists in Bauchi, at the weekend,
stressed the need for the use of new technology in the state oil
discovery bid to ensure that whatever was achieved becomes a reality.
