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Senate position on Atala Oilfield excites Gov. Diri

Stephen Jombo by Stephen Jombo
January 20, 2025
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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described as commendable the resolution of the Nigerian Senate on the Atala Marginal Oilfield owned by the state government.

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Thursday, after investigating the controversial revocation and sale of the Oil Mining License 46 (OML 46) to a private firm, resolved that the oilfield be returned to its original owners.

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It would be recalled that the committee had stated that the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Resources Commission (NUPRC), formerly Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), failed to show proof that the President directed the sale of the oilfield to a private firm.

The committee also chided the NUPRC for disobeying a presidential directive that the original owners of the oilfield be given the right of first refusal in the award of OML 46 in accordance with best practices.

In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Sunday, Governor Diri said the Senate’s decision met the expectation of the state government and the Bayelsa people.

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He restated the position of the government that the oilfield is a prized asset of the state and that the people are sentimentally attached to it.

Diri maintained that the April 2020 revocation and the eventual sale of the asset were controversially done and that it shocked the people of the state.

He said he presented the state’s position during his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja last Wednesday and that the President assured him that the issue would be urgently treated.

The governor urged the Bayelsa people to remain patient while awaiting the decision of the President on the matter.

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