Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari this week warned that the Opec nation “cannot afford to go back to the dark days of insecurity” as his latest Budget was overshadowed by renewed threats against the country’s oil industry, including a specific Total-operated offshore development.
The Abuja administration has pledged to shore up the economy through increased spending, with a ramp-up in production a key goal, but years of perceived inability by multiple governments to follow through on political promises has seen dissenting voices in the Niger Delta grow more vociferous and menacing.
