The statement was titled, ‘Urgent Meeting Of South West Governors With Senators And Hon. Members From The South West’. It reads, “Dear Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members;“We are directed by the Leadership of the South West Caucus in the National Assembly to communicate the invitation of South West Governors to an urgent meeting of the Governors with Distinguished Senators and Hon. The bill will regulate the oil sector if signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Although the proposed law doesn’t identify the frontier basins, a statement by the President in 2019 identified the frontier basins as Chad Basin, Gongola Basin, Sokoto Basin, Dahomey Basin, Bida Basin, Benue Trough, amongst others.

Source: Punch July 05, 2021 20:13 UTC