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.
“There was a time we drilled one kilometer dept of well in Kumo looking
for water, we didn’t find water but we found a thing that as a
geologist made me feel that there is the possibility of getting oil in
Bauchi State. I have a passion for this, I’m from Bauchi and will love
to see oil in the state,” he revealed.
Kafi, who is also the Managing Director of Damagix Nigeria Limited/Oil
and Gas Services, hinged the success or otherwise of the oil finds in
the North to northern leaders whom, he said, had been selected or
elected to steer the ship of the region.
