The presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has shared his plans to ‘recharge’ the Lake Chad if he wins the 2023 general election.
Tinubu shared his plan while speaking at the inauguration of the commercial production of crude oil and gas from the Kolmani Integrated Development Project on Tuesday November 22, 2022.
While speaking on the issue of terrorism, flood and food scarcity , Tinubu said “Each time we discuss the lack of food and the challenges of terrorism, you will talk about Lake Chad.
“Let me assure you, if I am elected the president, I will recharge Lake Chad“, he stated.
Speaking about the first oil drill production in the North, the former governor of Lagos State governor tagged the event a “renewed hope” for Nigeria.
He went further to link the event to his campaign manifesto titled ‘A Renewed Hope’.
“While we were debating, I insisted that our title for the manifesto will be ‘a renewed hope’, not knowing that today will happen. And today, it is happening. It is a renewed hope for Nigeria”, he said.
The oil well which is Located along the fields of Gombe and Bauchi, the Kolmani project, with Oil Prospecting Licence 809 and 810, lies in the Gongola Basin of the Upper Benue Trough, straddling the two Northern states.
The field, according to its promoters, is to start producing about 50,000 barrels of crude oil per day and holds over one billion barrels of crude oil reserves, shooting up Nigeria’s oil reserves to over 38 billion barrels.
