Search for oil will continue in the Lake Chad basin- Unimaid VC

  

   The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi says that despite the recent Boko Haram attack, the search for oil will continue in the Lake Chad basin.

   Njodi made the commitment pledge when a delegation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Ministry of Petroleum visited him in Maiduguri.
   The delegation was led by Engr. Saidu Mohammed, Chief Operating Officer in charge of gas and power unit of the Corporation. .
  Prof. Njodo told the delegation that though the entire University community was distraught by the cruel incident of July 25th 2017, he said the University cannot Chicken out from doing what it is supposed to do when eventually the NNPC re-organizes and return to exploration work in the area.
  He however, called on the NNPC to stand firm beside the University and the families of the bereaved and provide the much needed support to overcome the massive setback wrought by the insurgent attack.
   Earlier,  Mohammed said as a responsible corporate entity the NNPC would do everything within its means to support the University and the families of the victims of the attack.