Reno Omokri, former presidential aide to ex- Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has told Nigerians to stop comparing the country with other oil-producing nations like Ghana, Angola, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, or UAE.
According to him, Nigeria’s oil production per day is a drop in the ocean compared to the rising population of 200 million Nigerians.
Giving a statistical comparison between Nigeria and other oil-producing countries, Omokri in a tweet on Thursday, said, “If you and I do not produce, and if our government does not cut waste, Nigeria will sink into deeper and deeper poverty, even if you bring angels from heaven to govern Nigeria.”
He said by a ratio of resources to population, Nigeria is one of the lesser-resourced nations in the world.
In His words, “You keep saying Nigeria owes you fuel subsidy, free education, and cheap food because Nigeria is an oil-rich country. Let us examine the facts about how oil-rich Nigeria is:
“Nigeria produces less than 2 million barrels of oil daily for a population of 200 million people.
“Ghana produces 200,000 barrels of oil daily for a population of 35 million people.
“Angola produces 1.1 million barrels of oil daily for a population of 34.5 million people.
“Libya produces 1.2 million barrels of oil daily for a population of 6.7 million people.
“Saudi Arabia produces 12.5 million barrels of oil daily for a population of 35 million people.
“Qatar produces 2 million barrels of oil daily for a population of 2.6 million people.
“The UAE produces 3.7 million barrels of oil daily for a population of 9.6 million people.
“Nigeria is not oil RICH. Nigeria is oil POOR. Our oil is a drop in the ocean compared to our population. By a ratio of resources to population, Nigeria is one of the lesser resourced nations in the world.
“Don’t use Ghana, Angola, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, or The UAE to compare with us. They have more resources than us per capita. The only major thing Nigeria has more than those nations is a humongous population of ENTITLED people. If you and I do not produce, and if our government does not cut waste, Nigeria will sink into deeper and deeper poverty, even if you bring angels from heaven to govern Nigeria.”
