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
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
Not a 3 or 4 economy. Maybe this dollar should not be as strong as it is now. Scarlet and opec has a deal to curb oil production, but they have got a good deal more to do. Were looking to do better. We are hoping to be able to get to scarlet it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. Im scarlet fu. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The week began with change at the top in italy after voters rejected their Prime Ministers proposal for political reform. Italian Prime Minister matteo renzi says he would quit in the early hours of this morning after losing a referendum. He called to push constitutional changes. I think the expectation that the result of this referendum would have a disruptive impact on italy and possibly even on the eurozone were grossly exaggerated, frankly. It was not comparable to t
Not a 3 or 4 economy. Maybe this dollar should not be as strong as it is now. Scarlet and opec has a deal to curb oil production, but they have got a good deal more to do. Were looking to do better. We are hoping to be able to get to scarlet it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. Im scarlet fu. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The week began with change at the top in italy after voters rejected their Prime Ministers proposal for political reform. Italian Prime Minister matteo renzi says he would quit in the early hours of this morning after losing a referendum. He called to push constitutional changes. I think the expectation that the result of this referendum would have a disruptive impact on italy and possibly even on the eurozone were grossly exaggerated, frankly. It was not comparable to t