Afenifere has reacted to the latest move by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to begin exploration of oil in the North-East.
The group, commending the president on the move noted that it is in line with the restructuring which the group has been clamoring for.
Speaking through the Secretary-General of the association, Sehinde Arogbofa, Afenifere said: “There is nothing wrong if they find oil in the north. That is why we are calling for restructuring, if that is his (Buhari) own restructuring agenda, it is okay.
“We already have oil in the south and if he orders for prospect for oil in the north, there is nothing wrong in that.
“If that is what will hasten the restructuring of the country, he should go ahead. All we saying is that the country must be restructured”.
The Secretary-General of the Association further added: “We have said that any state that has oil should work on its oil and let other states without oil find their own natural resources to work on.
“God has endowed every state in this country with natural resources so let every state go and do something on them, the only thing is that the Federal Government should assist in taking off.
“If it is NNPC that was given the assignment, let them go ahead, there is nothing wrong with it but if it is the foreign firm I can say may be there is a hidden agenda somewhere”.