The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has dismissed reports suggesting that certain disputed crude oil and gas wells have been recommended for ceding to specific oil-producing states, insisting that no such decision has been taken.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the Chairman of the commission, Dr. Mohammed Shehu, said the commission’s attention had been drawn to a “purported report allegedly issued by the Inter-Agency Committee on the Verification of Coordinates of Disputed Crude Oil and Gas Wells between States,” which was circulating in sections of the national media.
The report claimed that recommendations had already been made to allocate certain oil wells to particular states. RMAFC described the report as “misleading, premature, and does not represent the position or conclusions of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.”
“At this stage, there is no finalised recommendation or decision regarding the ceding or reallocation of any oil wells, as due institutional processes are still ongoing,” the statement read.
The commission explained that it operates a clearly defined and transparent procedure for handling assignments of national significance and that the process on the disputed oil wells had not been concluded. It said it only received a draft report from the inter-agency committee on February 13, 2026.
The draft has been transmitted to relevant technical and statutory stakeholders, including the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the National Boundary Commission, and the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation, for review, observations, and technical input.
After receiving input from these agencies, the matter will be subjected to further scrutiny by the commission’s internal tripartite committees, comprising the Committee on Crude Oil, Gas and Investment and the Legal Matters Committee. These committees will undertake comprehensive technical and legal reviews before presenting their findings to the commission’s plenary session for deliberation and final recommendations.
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The commission said that upon completion of these processes, its final report would be formally transmitted to the President and the Attorney-General of the Federation for consideration and further action in line with applicable laws and constitutional provisions.
RMAFC urged the public, stakeholders, and media organisations to disregard the circulating report and await official communication from the commission. The statement reiterated the commission’s commitment to transparency, due process, and objective discharge of its constitutional mandate in the national interest.
Earlier, RMAFC had called on oil-producing states to fully cooperate in an exercise to resolve disputes over oil and gas wells by plotting verified coordinates. Shehu emphasized that active participation by the states was critical to ensuring that the exercise’s outcome would be accepted by all parties, assuring them of the commission’s impartiality throughout the process.