Standup9ja: Nigeria’s oil belongs to the North – Usman
Bugaje
A member of the Northern Elders Forum, Usman Bugaje has
claimed that there is no oil producing state in Nigeria.
The former member of the House of Representatives said
Nigeria is the only oil producing state, adding that no state in the country
should lay claim to the natural resources, according to a report by a news
portal, the Daily Post,
According to Bugaje who was addressing the elders forum, the
north is the only region in Nigeria that could lay claim to the oil because of
its landmass.
He said 72% of the country’s landmass belongs to the north
and by United Nation’s law, it is only the north that has the right to claim
ownership of the oil.
According to him, “There is no oil producing state. The only
oil producing state is the Nigeria state itself.
“Because the investments come from the Nigerian state; the
territory belongs to the Nigerians state.
“It is the measure of land mass that you have that will give
you the mileage to the sea.”
He claimed that it is the landmass of a nation that
determines how much of the ocean it would owe, noting that the north has made
Nigeria to owe the oil producing areas because of its landmass.
“In the landmass of this country, as we know, that gives us
that lounged of 200 miles and more into the ocean is because of that 72%
landmass of this country which is the north.
“So what they claim is the offshore oil is actually for the
north. If anybody should own it, is the north.
“So we should stop using these terms that make no sense at
all. There are no oil producing states. It is only the Nigerian state that
produces oil.”
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