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Resource control: A controversy rooted in Nigeria’s constitutional anomaly

Resource control: A controversy rooted in Nigeria’s constitutional anomaly

By Olu Fasan THE year 2021 ended with a controversy involving heated altercation between three of Nigeria’s prominent elder statesmen. The intense disagreement was over the long-running issue of resource control. For context, let’s briefly rehash the arguments. At a summit on December 13, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that oil found in the Niger […]