Low oil fortunes: FG creates centre to cut cost
The inauguration of the NOGEC came at a time Nigeria and the rest of the world are raising concerns over depleting oil revenue and the breakthrough in alternative forms of energy, including renewable and solar energy. To underscore the damage done to the Nigerian economy which is heavily reliant on oil, Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, in May 2020, announced that the national revenue target fell by N125.52 billion in the first quarter of 2020 to N940.91bn. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, hinted at this paradigm shift when in December 2020, at the Central...