The Ogun government says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is set to begin oil and gas exploration in the state.
In a statement posted on X on Friday, the government said the development would make its quest to become an oil-producing state materialise soon.
The statement noted that stakeholders in the oil and gas industry were received at the office of Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, and Noimot Salako-Oyedele, his deputy, to discuss the prospect.
Speaking at the meeting, Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources (oil), said Ogun has always been part of the Dahomey basin with the prospect of having a huge deposit of hydrocarbons.
“We decided that we are going to resume exploration in the different Basins; we decided to come to Ogun State to reassure the people that we have very high potential of discoveries here,” he said.
“Ogun has always been part of the Dahomey Basin and our presence underscore the seriousness the federal government attaches to the exploration activities that we want to carry out in Ogun State.”
Lokpobiri said the visit was also to demonstrate the commitment of the federal government to bolster its revenue through the oil and gas sector.
