The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has dismissed reports claiming that certain disputed crude oil and gas wells had 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, Mohammed Shehu, said the attention of the agency 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.

He said the document, which had circulated in sections of the national media, suggested that recommendations had already been made to reallocate some oil wells to particular states.

The commission, however, 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 in handling assignments of national significance, noting that the process on the disputed oil wells had yet to be concluded.

RMAFC disclosed that it only received a draft report from the inter-agency committee on Friday, February 13, 2026.

“Consistent with established protocol, the draft document has been transmitted to relevant technical and statutory stakeholders, namely the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the National Boundary Commission, and the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation, for detailed review, observations, and technical input,” the commission stated.

According to the statement, once observations and recommendations are received, the matter will undergo further scrutiny by the commission’s internal tripartite committees, including 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 Plenary Session of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission for deliberation and final recommendations,” it added.

The commission said that upon completion of the institutional processes, its final report would be transmitted to the President and the Attorney-General of the Federation for consideration and further action in line with applicable laws and constitutional provisions.

“In view of the above clearly established procedures, the Commission considers the report currently circulating in the media as speculative, inaccurate, and capable of misleading the public,” the statement read.

It urged members of the public, stakeholders, and media organisations to disregard the purported report and await official communication upon completion of the statutory review process.

RMAFC reiterated its commitment to transparency, due process, and the objective discharge of its constitutional mandate in the national interest.

The commission’s position comes weeks after it called on oil-producing states to cooperate fully in the ongoing exercise to resolve disputes over oil and gas wells by plotting verified coordinates.

At the flag-off of the exercise in Abuja in January 2026, Shehu stressed that active participation by affected states was crucial to ensuring the outcome would be widely accepted.

“It is in respect of this development that I urge the representatives of the affected oil-producing states to actively participate while plotting the verified coordinates, so that the outcome would be acceptable to all,” he said.

He also assured stakeholders that the commission would remain impartial throughout the process.