The book My Quest For Nigeria’s Rebirth interpretes the mood and tone of an individual itching to see that better Nigeria we all yearn for. The author touches all aspects of concern in Nigeria that is faulty and needs to be restructured. One of these aspects written about in chapter 9, is as matter of a fact the present issue on ground which is Oil.
As the largest oil producing country in Africa with the production of over 1.4 billion barrels of oil daily. However, Nigeria has little capacity to refine these barrels of oil and for this reason the oil is exported to be refined and in turn a huge amount of money is paid to import the refined product for use. Presently the issue of the increase fuel scarcity according to the Federal government is a result of the the “discovery of 100 million litres of imported petrol in the supply chain with “methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specifications”. In this chapter the author wrote about the wastage of the utilisation of oil revenue
“I have consistently argued that Nigeria only has oil but is not an oil-producing nation. My reason is not based on mere hearsay but on the indisputable fact that up till now, there is no official record of the quantum of old that is extracted daily. We just accept the figures disclosed to us all in phone name of joint-venture (JV) arrangement, which is neither controlled nor supervised by anyone, except perhaps the oil majors themselves.”
I do not need to write further of how the issue of fuel scarcity affects most sectors in Nigeria and how it increases the prices of transportion, goods and commodity. Making it tougher to live in an already difficult country and no proper investigation has been done or accurate explanation given so far as to the importation of this fuel. If there is any, kindly enlighten me.
A title that was once the pride of the nation has become a glorified name ‘Africa’s largest Oil producing country’ it has eventually become ignominious. An african Country that has produced oil since 1957 with claims of how it has financed about 80 percent of total government revenue but still cannot proudly give account of this revenue and how it has developed the country in anyway. We sure do need to look “Beyond the comfort of crude oil”
” It seems nothing can be done to halt the decent of crude oil from its once envious and elevated position. It is therefore necessary for policymakers in all climes get are dependent on oil to put on the uncommon cap of intellectual acumen to fashion out pathways beyond the fossil fuel.”
I recommend this book to curious minds, remember! We still search for answers to our numerous questions, to teenagers and youth, for additional knowledge and to all individuals, for the purpose of exercising your right to be informed.

Onu Marylynda .C