RMAFC Denies Reports of Moving Oil Wells to Other States
By Patience Ikpeme
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has told Nigerians to ignore stories going around that it has recommended moving certain oil wells from one state to another.
The Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Mohammed Bello Shehu, said on Sunday that their attention was drawn to a report being shared in the media, including on ARISE News. The report claimed that a committee had finished its work and suggested that some oil wells should now belong to specific states.
However, the Commission has come out to say that this report is not true and does not show what the government is actually doing at the moment.
“The Commission wishes to categorically state that the purported report is misleading, premature, and does not represent the position or conclusions of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission,” the statement said.
Dr. Shehu explained that there is no final decision yet on which state gets what oil well. He said the work is still very much in progress and follows a strict law-abiding process.
To show how the work is being done, the Chairman said the Commission only received a first draft of the report from the technical committee on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Because this is a very sensitive national matter, they have sent that draft to other important offices like the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the National Boundary Commission (NBC), and the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation. These offices will look at the technical details and give their own expert advice.
After those agencies finish their work, the Commission’s own internal teams, including lawyers and oil experts, will study everything again. Only after all these checks will the final findings be discussed by the full board of the Commission.
Even when they finish, the final report will be sent officially to the President and the Attorney-General of the Federation for them to look at it and take action according to the law.
Because of all these steps that are still left to be taken, the Commission said the news flying around is just guesswork and is not accurate.
“The Commission considers the report currently circulating in the media as speculative, inaccurate, and capable of misleading the public,” the Chairman said. He asked the public and media houses to stop spreading the story and wait for the official update once the work is truly finished.
The Commission promised that it will continue to be open and fair to everyone, making sure it does its job according to the Nigerian Constitution for the good of the whole country.
