Experts, CSOs ask FG to devise strategy to end oil dependency, focus on energy transition
The Federal Government has been urged to devise its own strategy as part of efforts to end Nigeria's dependency on oil
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The Federal Government has been urged to devise its own strategy as part of efforts to end Nigeria's dependency on oil
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A total of 30 oil companies spilt 41,216 barrels of oil in Nigeria between 2019 and May this year.
About 43,000 barrels of oil were lost in 881 cases of oil spillage in Nigeria from 2019 to May 1 this year, data from NOSDRA shows.
ANALYSIS: As Nigeria continues to miss gas flaring deadlines, huge revenue is lost In 2020 alone, natural gas valued at $1.24 billion was burned by oil companies, one which could generate the annual electricity use of 804 million Nigerian citizens. 5 min read Since 1979, Nigeria has missed out on ending gas flaring on at least seven occasions. The country is now targetting 2025 to end the environmentally unfriendly, health-damaging and resource-losing act. Each time Nigeria misses out on the deadlines set to harness gas belching from its oil fields, it loses revenue and an opp...