History was made today at Gombe and Bauchi officially became oil producing states following the discovery of over 1 billion barrels of crude oil there.
President Muhammadu Buhari who had encouraged the project upon resumption of office in 2015, was there to launch the oil drilling today.
A 50,000bpd refinery and 150MW power plant will be built close to the sites as Nigeria will be focusing on local consumption.
