Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has questioned the management of Nigeria’s oil resources by previous administrations.
Relying on OPEC statistics on oil revenues accruable to Nigeria under successive administrations between 1990 and 2014, the vice-president said not much was done in infrastructure development in spite of the huge oil revenues earned.
Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, office of the vice-president, communicated Osinbanjo’s view in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
The vice-president was fielding questions from a cross-section of Nigerians at a town hall meeting in Minnesota, US, on Sunday.
Osinbajo spoke on a wide range of issues covering the economy, anti-corruption, health, agriculture among others.
He said under the Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha administrations, Nigeria realised $199.8 billion.
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