Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has said that rather than allocate funds for Oil exploration in the northern part of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari should focus on sustainable energy like solar.
A sum of N39.4 billion for oil exploration in the Northern part of Nigeria has been included in the 2016 budget.
Onuesoke, while speaking to newsmen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State faulted the President’s action saying that in an arid land like the North, no one would discover oil.
He said “I wonder if Nigeria is thinking ahead or backward. I am saying this because when countries like America are selling their reserve and diversifying into other sources of energy generation, it is now Nigeria is exploring for more oil in the North.
“ It should be noted that Nigeria cannot be an advocate of climate change and at the same time invest on oil exploration instead of renewable drive for sustainable energy like solar.”