The Group Chief Executive Officer of OANDO Plc, Wale Tinubu has said that onshore assets are best handled by indigenous players due to their closeness to host communities and better handling of security.
Tinubu made this assertion while speaking on CNBC Africa on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos, Switzerland.
He argued that indigenous players in the oil and gas sector can better engage host communities and regulators.
He added that Nigerians have the skills and the capability to secure funding to thrive in onshore operations.
“The onshore assets in Nigeria are best in the hands of local players. The level of technology that is required to drill them is something that is commonplace. Nigerians have the skill, and the capacity, and we can also secure the funding.
“And the next step is to explore those resources, and we can do that by being closer to the community, having a better handle of security, and also having a better handle at dealing with the…
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