When president Muhamadu Buhari won the nigerian presidency two years ago it seemed like africas most populous nation had turned a corner. A first ever peaceful democratic transition bought a promise of cleaner, better governance and Major Economic reform. Hows it going . Well, my guest today is emmanuel ibe kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources. Can Oil Dependent nigeria transform itself into a modern, Trading Economy . Emmanuel ibe kachikwu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I guess the lesson of the last two years or so, with president Muhamadu Buhari in power, is that nigeria remains dangerously overreliant upon oil. Well, yes. Clearly over reliant. I dont know if its dangerously. Look at the positive sides of oil, in terms of what it has done to the country over the years. When the price slumps, its dangerous. Oh yes. We would love to see, obviously, a lot more diversification, a lot of effort is going into that, emphasis on agriculture, tourism areas, emphasis
When president Muhamadu Buhari won the nigerian presidency two years ago it seemed like africas most populous nation had turned a corner. A first ever peaceful democratic transition bought a promise of cleaner, better governance and Major Economic reform. Hows it going . Well, my guest today is emmanuel ibe kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources. Can Oil Dependent nigeria transform itself into a modern, Trading Economy . Emmanuel ibe kachikwu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I guess the lesson of the last two years or so, with president Muhamadu Buhari in power, is that nigeria remains dangerously overreliant upon oil. Well, yes. Clearly over reliant. I dont know if its dangerously. Look at the positive sides of oil, in terms of what it has done to the country over the years. When the price slumps, its dangerous. Oh yes. We would love to see, obviously, a lot more diversification, a lot of effort is going into that, emphasis on agriculture, tourism areas, emphasis
On the bbc news at five. And in the victims and Grenfell Tower disaster have taken place. Theresa may apologised for the official response, saying it wasnt good enough. The duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital but is said to be in good spirits. And parts of the uk are basking in the hottestjune day since 1976 with a temperature of 33. 9c recorded at heathrow. Good afternoon from westminster. Our main story at 5pm. New measures to prepare britain for brexit have dominated the governments legislative the governments legislative priorities set out in the queens speech. Of the 27 bills that were announced by her majesty, eight were linked to brexit. There were also announcements on terror and security legislation and Domestic Violence, but there was little mention of the more controversial elements of the conservatives manifesto, such as grammar schools. So what was in it . The main focus was brexit and the great repeal bill, with the government saying it wants to build the wide
The cost of a degree. Students from the poorest backgrounds could leave university with debts of over £57,000. Also coming up, its day three of wimbledon. First up on centre court this afternoon isjohanna konta, who plays donna vekic, the player who beat her in the final of the Nottingham 0pen Last month. And Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour De France, following a crash which saw his sprint rival peter sagan disqualified from the race for his involvement. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Its understood the goverment is to send a taskforce in, to take over parts of Kensington Council, in the wake of the grenfell fire tragedy. It is thought the Housing Department and other departments will be run by an outside organisation, but the council itself will not be taken over. Most of the families who lost their homes are still living in hotels, despite government pledges to rehouse them all by today. There was anger and frustration at a meeting with police and the westminster c
Hardtalk. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. A quarter of lebanons population is syrian, refugees of war. Now the party of my guest, deputy Prime Minister ghassan hasbani, says enough is enough. It wants to send them home but says it rules out talking to President Assad how can it be sure theyd be safe. The government say its a burden the undermines the countrys future is this the biggest threat or is it a political system that is entrenched sectarianism, legitimized bigotry and encouraged corruption so bad, it cant even keep the lights on . Hardtalk theme music. Ghassan hasbani, welcome to hardtalk, thank you for being with us. Up to 1. 5 million syrians have sought refuge in your country in the course of the war. About a quarter of your population now. How big a threat does that represent to lebanon . Initially, it is a huge economic and social burden on the country, no doubt. Lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the need, the humanitarian situation th