Daily Trust (Abuja)

OPINION

August 27, 2003

By Charles Ikedikwa Soeze

Oil production has been going on in Nigeria nearly unregulated for over 45 years together with the flaring of natural gas in the Niger Delta Region. This has lasted so long because of the dynamics of the influence of oil companies over natural resource management in developing countries. It is necessary to state here that as the entire issues of curbing gas flaring or terminal gas flares boils down to one question: who manages natural resource exploitation in Nigeria. Will it be the government or the oil companies?