Oil Spillage: Minister of State For Petroleum To Visit Bayelsa Community On Buhari’s Directives

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Timipre Sylva to visit a Bayelsa community and investigate the level of damage caused by the recent oil spillage.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to check on the state of things in the community of the oil spill.

Sylva, who made this known while speaking to journalists after a meeting with Buhari, said the President had given a directive to the ministry to ascertain the level of damage done at the site.

A wellhead in the Santa Barbara South field had blown on November 5 and since then, it had been spewing oil into the water bodies.

It is jointly owned by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Aiteo, which acquired the oil mining lease, OML 29 in 2015, had said that it was working with oil spill regulators to contain the leak.