Nigeria: Economic Recession and Oil Resource Curse

7 September 2016
opinion

Nigeria had high expectations from crude oil resources as revenue base for the nation when it was first discovered in 1956 at Oloibiri in the Niger Delta.

This optimism that crude oil will be able to assist the country's developmental agenda, however, was the reason for assessed negligence over other sources of revenue generating opportunities, like agriculture and manufacturing.

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