I won’t say oil is a curse but the misuse and mismanagement of oil resources. The oil itself is not a curse, rather it should be a blessing
because it is a blessing elsewhere. What we are witnessing is happening because we have decided to cheat ourselves. The patriotic love is not there. Look at places like the Netherlands, go to the United Arab Emirates which are also oil producing. The Dutch in the Netherlands have transformed their environment as a result of what they get from oil. So, as a country we have not utilised our oil resources.
How is it also the fault of the people? If I come from a village, will engineering drop on me as a villager? You have to invest in education, you have to train people and provide scholarships for them. You can see that it is a deliberate ploy to keep these people uninformed because they believe that the moment these people develop intellectually, they will begin to question the operations of the companies.
There are different categories of oil theft. There is the immature class or group, which seeks only daily bread. That’s where a person goes to steal just a jerry can of oil for stomach infrastructure sake. The real oil theft is capitalist-oriented, capital intensive and a mafia collaboration between military and local and international agencies. The category may be perpetrated by the villagers or some young men but the real oil theft is not a business for poor people.
It’s only when we have a serious government that takes the people seriously, and is interested in the development and welfare of the people. The leadership of this country is not interested in what happens to the local people. Recently, there was subsidy removal and Nigerians were fighting hard to survive but the National Assembly resolved to buy some bullet proof cars, aside from other huge emoluments. That tells you how insensitive they can be.
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