After trading at over U.S.$100 per barrel for some years, the price of oil began to tomble down around July, 2014, falling to below U.S.$30 per barrel.
The collapse of the price of crude created serious economic crisis for oil-reliant countries, including Nigeria. It was not unexpected that Nigeria became one of the countries most affected by the downturn.
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