President Buhari will allocate oil blocs to south-south indigenes - Ibe Kachikwu

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of petroleum resources, says President Muhammadu Buhari has not allocated a single oil bloc since he came into office, but when he eventually starts, south-south indigenes will have their share. At a town hall meeting in Uyo, capital of Akwa-Ibom state, organised by the ministry of information and culture, a Nigerian asked the minister why oil bloc allocations favoured the north rather than the south-south, where most oil blocs are located. Answering, Kachikwu said this was not the doing of President Buhari, emphasising that the president would follow due process in allocation of oil blocs when the time comes. Kachikwu also disagreed with Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, on the establishment and maintenance of the Maritime University in Akwa-Ibom. “I disagree with the minister of transport. Any facility in the south-south, we should work towards developing it, I don’t care the circumstance. It is not my business whether land was valued at 19 or 10 m...