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Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by OLULAW: 5:26am On Nov 09, 2024
Chinjo2:
But we have the richest men on Africa as well as the richest pastors in Africa.
You mean richest thieves in Africa who stole Nigeria’s common wealth?
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by SonOfDSoil01: 5:28am On Nov 09, 2024
Zetty177x:
See as you hype Yorubas. But u guys produced Tinubu as president and destroyed the whole country. We don see una finish. Ur T-Pain said na statistics we go chop? The level of destruction of the economy by T-Pain should be ur concern...
🤣🤣🤣pained ipob loser…your pain is severe, so I rather vote for your agulu failure without any achievement in tiny Anambala….your head must be paining you, abeg carry your frustration comot my mentions 🤣🤣
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by coputa(m): 5:39am On Nov 09, 2024
MEGAWATCH:
What does Gabon produce that made them occupy that third position?


Nigeria's problem is big time mismanagement of resources and waste by government officials.
Gabon is a mature oil producer in West Africa, and its government derives a significant amount of its revenue from crude oil production. Revenue from petroleum and other liquids represents about 45% of gross domestic product (GDP), and petroleum and other liquids exports accounted for nearly 74% of total export revenue in 2019.
In 2019, oil-based GDP growth is estimated to be 7.9%, and the overall GDP growth is estimated to be 3.4%, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Gabon officially rejoined the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in July 2016. Gabon was previously a member of OPEC from 1975 to 1995, but it left the organization because of high annual fees.
In 2011, the government created a national oil company (NOC), the Gabon Oil Company, to increase the government's involvement in oil production by taking equity stakes in future awards.
Petroleum and other liquids
Gabon is among the top five oil producers in sub-Saharan Africa and has 2 billion barrels of proved crude oil reserves, including lease condensate reserves, according to the Oil & Gas Journal. The major international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Gabon are Total, Assala Energy, Perenco, Addax Petroleum, and Vaalco Energy. The IOCs have operations primarily in Gabon’s offshore fields.
Gabon produced about 201,000 barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum and other liquids in 2019. Low oil prices and mature oil fields have caused Gabon’s oil output to decline. Total oil production has decreased by more than one-third since its peak of 370,000 b/d in 1997.
China’s share of Gabon’s total crude oil exports increased significantly from 15% in 2015 to 74% in 2019. Other major export destinations include Singapore, South Korea, Australia, Malaysia, and Italy.
In mid-2019, Gabon enacted the 2019 Hydrocarbon Law to reinvigorate its oil market and support its 12th bidding round for the allocation of 23 deep-water and 12 shallow water blocks. The new law decreases by half the government’s participation, to 10%, during development and exploitation. The law caps the increase of cost recovery at 70% and 75% for conventional areas for oil and deep and ultra-deep areas for oil, respectively. The law also establishes an option to renegotiate if additional discoveries are made and extends the exclusive authorization timeframe.
Following the Ivela-1 and Boudji-1 discoveries and the ratification of the 2019 Hydrocarbon Law, Petronas signed an exploration and production contract for offshore blocks F12 and F13. The blocks are expected to yield 200,000 b/d. Gabon plans to auction 35 blocks in the current offshore licensing round.
Gabon has a single refinery, the Sogara Refinery, which is owned by Société Gabonaise de Raffinage (SOGARA) and is located at Port Gentil. The aging refinery, which routinely operates below capacity because of maintenance issues, has a crude oil distillation capacity of 24,000 b/d.
Gabon and South Korean company Samsung signed a memorandum of understanding to construct a new 50,000 b/d refinery in Port Gentil to replace Sogara in 2012. They later abandoned these plans.
Natural gas
Natural gas production in Gabon was about 13 billion cubic feet (Bcf) in 2018. According to the Oil & Gas Journal, the country has approximately 900 Bcf of proved natural gas reserves, most of which are associated with its crude oil fields.
Gabon consumes all of the natural gas produced domestically and uses natural gas for reinjection into oil wells to enhance oil recovery. Gabon aims to use natural gas for two planned fertilizer plants and future petrochemical projects.
In July 2019, Perenco procured the license for the Olowi field, which is estimated to hold 0.85 Bcf of potential natural gas reserves. Royal Dutch Shell also discovered natural gas in the Leopard-1 well in 2014.
Electricity
Total installed capacity in Gabon was 750 megawatts (MW) in 2018. Thermal power from fossil fuels accounted for 56%, or 418 MW, of total capacity. Hydropower represented 44% of total capacity. Biomass and solar accounted for the remaining 2.2 MW.
Total electricity generation in Gabon was 2.2 billion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2018. Generation from fossil fuels accounted for 58%. In 2018, hydropower generation decreased slightly to 892 million kWh from 920 million kWh in 2017.
According to the latest 2018 estimates from the World Bank, 93% of Gabon’s population has access to electricity. Gabon’s urban areas consume most of the country’s generated power and have an electrification rate of 97%, but the electrification rate in rural areas is substantially lower, at 63%. The government of Gabon plans to provide electricity for 85% of rural regions by 2025.
Gabon’s growing and urbanizing population and its industrial development are straining the country’s power generation capacity. To meet the country’s electricity demand, Gabon continues to invest in new hydroelectric power plants. In early 2019, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Gabon Power Company (GPC)-Eranove Consortium agreed to finance construction of the 73-MW Ngoulmendjim hydropower plant by Asokh Energie and 15-MW Dibwangui hydropower plant by Louetsi Hydro. The Dibwangui plant will electrify the rural communities in southwest Gabon, which previously did not have electricity.
In October 2019, French fund manager Meridiam signed a 33-year concession contract with the government of Gabon to construct a 34 MW hydropower plant on the Mbei River, 100 kilometers from Libreville, the capital of Gabon. The Kinguele Aval Hydropower Project will be financed in part by International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments (FGIS) and Meridiam will fund 25% of the project. It plans to provide 13% of Libreville’s electricity needs and is expected to replace some thermal capacity. Construction was scheduled for the second quarter of 2020, but it has been delayed following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Meridiam expects the project to be completed
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by adanny01(m): 5:48am On Nov 09, 2024
XerXers:
No be by IGR or federal allocation or having richest people or skyscrapers or the so called "infrastructure". Rich countries or Rich State is measured by GDP per Capita
Are you aware that in 2022 Nigeria's GDP was $472b but in 2024 it is $199b.

T-pain happened.

Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Zetty177x: 5:55am On Nov 09, 2024
SonOfDSoil01:
🤣🤣🤣pained ipob loser…your pain is severe, so I rather vote for your agulu failure without any achievement in tiny Anambala….your head must be paining you, abeg carry your frustration comot my mentions 🤣🤣
I'm not Igbo
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by bewla(m): 5:57am On Nov 09, 2024
Chinjo2:
But we have the richest men on Africa as well as the richest pastors in Africa.
Two great records


And politifcians too
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by SonOfDSoil01: 5:58am On Nov 09, 2024
Zetty177x:
I'm not Igbo
🤣🤣🤣 dem don Dey deny there ancestors 🤣🤣🤣 if I were you too I will deny being ibo🤣🤣🤣

No one want to be associated with losers and failures 🤣🤣🤣
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by anonimi: 6:01am On Nov 09, 2024
Chinjo2:
But we have the richest men on Africa as well as the richest pastors in Africa.
Olowo kàn láàárín àwọn òtòṣì alainiṣẹlọwọ mẹ́fà, òtòṣì alainiṣẹlọwọ méje ni gbogbo wọn.

Did you hear Dangote crying about needing visas BEFORE he can travel to African countries but oyinbos are given on arrivalhuh
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by travelzcruix: 6:07am On Nov 09, 2024
Nigeria is a typical example of an unequal society. I wonder the indices used in measuring this, but you see this Nigeria, there are more silent billionaires than what the Media reports. Some of them don't want problem.
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Pat081: 6:10am On Nov 09, 2024
Only one or two people can buy those countries here in Nigeria
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by skywalker240(m): 6:12am On Nov 09, 2024
Chinjo2:
But we have the richest men on Africa as well as the richest pastors in Africa.
GDP per capital is a boost for the citizens, what does the richest individual has to offer?

I believe this your post is sarcasmic, but this is the reality mindset of the average citizen of this sh!thole

And you keep wondering why the cesspit never improve
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Love800(m): 6:12am On Nov 09, 2024
Abeg, can you say this about china?
CommonSense1967:
This is PER CAPITAL. The Nigerian population is the reason for the low ranking. 200 Million people.

That's why I keep telling people that Nigeria is a poor country because the population is way too much for what the country makes.
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Pat081: 6:14am On Nov 09, 2024
SonOfDSoil01:
keep dancing naked in your foolishness🤣🤣 mention one state in your poto poto region more developed than Ibadan, and list the achievements of your cursed tribe🤣🤣

You busy deflecting showing pictures of old Ibadan🤣🤣 while your cursed foolish tribe me n are migrating daily to serve there Yoruba master in Yorubaland🤣🤣

Go to Ibadan and see thousand of your cursed migrant tribe hawking gala in Ibadan🤣🤣🤣 while you are disgracing your ancestors on the internet…mention a state in your 5 plot of cursed land more developed than Ibadan and pls stop deflecting 🤣🤣 shameless Osu pig

New Ibadan below, wake me up when you have a developed city like Ibadan not to talk of Lagos and btw proudly Lagos🤣🤣 now go hang yourselves third class slave🤣🤣
Good talk
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by VeeVeeMyLuv(f): 6:16am On Nov 09, 2024
SonOfDSoil01:
cheesy what then will you say about the billionaires region🤣🤣🤣 they could have help Nigeria make up the numbers

Unfortunately they don’t count drug money🤣🤣
It is not a joking matter

All because of politics, you party APC have wrecked Nigeria

The underlying reason for Nigeria’s poor FDI lies not only in its sheer population size but in the limited purchasing power of our population. A nation of 1 million people with strong buying power would attract more investment than one of 200 million with limited economic strength. Unfortunately, the past decade has seen an alarming decline in the standard of living for professionals. For instance, a professor’s monthly salary, once equivalent to around $1,500–$1,700, has now dropped to less than $200.
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Putinofrussia: 6:16am On Nov 09, 2024
XerXers:
No be by IGR or federal allocation or having richest people or skyscrapers or the so called "infrastructure". Rich countries or Rich State is measured by GDP per Capita
True to per capita which deals with population.
There are a lot of countries richer than USA using GDP per capita but if it is real GDP,USA leads followed by China.

Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by drstranged: 6:17am On Nov 09, 2024
One drawback of the GDP is that it's dependent on a country's population. So the higher a country's population the likely lower the GDP per capita and vice versa. That's what plays out in Seychelles and other smaller countries over there in the list which have populations in only hundreds of thousands compared to Nigeria which has over 200million population
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by monex(m): 6:19am On Nov 09, 2024
mrvitalis:
People don't know how bad APC has dealt with Nigerians

Nigerian GDP per capita used to be 3200 dollars

Now it's around 900 dollars

People don't know the implications because if they do no body would openly support APC without being beaten

It's evil
it is actually 1621 USD. yeah but that's a 50% decline
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by anonimi: 6:36am On Nov 09, 2024
adanny01:
Are you aware that in 2022 Nigeria's GDP was $472b but in 2024 it is $199b.

T-pain happened.
T-Pain happened because Obasanjo helped him to make Buhari APC change messiah when he was KNOWN to be a shege master of economic cluelessness by the ingrate.

If Obasanjo is not an ingrate, then why would he tear the card of the party that made him president from Abacha’s prison?

What does Obasanjo’s disregard for economic competence in forcing sickly Yar’Adua on us through Iwuruwuru INEC, and helping Tinubu to make his 2011 CPC expired leadership president four years later, say about his own governance capacityhuh

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Coronavirus1: 6:45am On Nov 09, 2024
No western African in top 15th top 20 3 west African, this shows the corruption in West Africa countries
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by SonOfDSoil01: 6:46am On Nov 09, 2024
VeeVeeMyLuv:
It is not a joking matter

All because of politics, you party APC have wrecked Nigeria

The underlying reason for Nigeria’s youpoor FDI lies not only in its sheer population size but in the limited purchasing power of our population. A nation of 1 million people with strong buying power would attract more investment than one of 200 million with limited economic strength. Unfortunately, the past decade has seen an alarming decline in the standard of living for professionals. For instance, a professor’s monthly salary, once equivalent to around $1,500–$1,700, has now dropped to less than $200.
your tears are delicious 🤣🤣 so I guess the decline started just last year? Keep living in denial, Nigeria economy has been on the nosedive for years now but only being managed by successive governments.

Tinubu came in and took the bold step to reform our economy which will definitely come with some unease, but you lot who never voted for him or wish him well, just want him to change the already worse economy in one year.

When crude was selling at the highest during Jonathan regime, how well was he able to manage the income? But rather they mismanaged it, even the then finance minister iweala warn of the future dangers, but no one listen. Now you want Tinubu to perform magic.

If you know how economy is run, then you should know that economics reforms takes time before you start seeing result….but you bitter souls have always pray he fails grin but las las you all will be disgraced.
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Kennyswag: 6:54am On Nov 09, 2024
And your source is Africa fact zone?
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by press9jatv(m): 7:11am On Nov 09, 2024
Nawaooo 🥸🥸🥸🥸
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by anonimi: 7:13am On Nov 09, 2024
drstranged:
One drawback of the GDP is that it's dependent on a country's population. So the higher a country's population the likely lower the GDP per capita and vice versa. That's what plays out in Seychelles and other smaller countries over there in the list which have populations in only hundreds of thousands compared to Nigeria which has over 200million population
Lame excuse of mentally lazy and unproductive extreme poverty paupers who blame others for their own self imposed misery.

Why does this your lame excuse not apply to China and America?

The people there were made with two heads, right huh
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Osariemen12: 7:15am On Nov 09, 2024
Happy to know Cote d'Ivoire is doing great.


God bless my president Alasan Dramane Ouattara.
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by anonimi:
SonOfDSoil01:
your tears are delicious 🤣🤣 so I guess the decline started just last year? Keep living in denial, Nigeria economy has been on the nosedive for years now but only being managed by successive governments.

Tinubu came in and took the bold step to reform our economy which will definitely come with some unease, but you lot who never voted for him or wish him well, just want him to change the already worse economy in one year.

When crude was selling at the highest during Jonathan regime, how well was he able to manage the income? But rather they mismanaged it, even the then finance minister iweala warn of the future dangers, but no one listen. Now you want Tinubu to perform magic.

If you know how economy is run, then you should know that economics reforms takes time before you start seeing result….but you bitter souls have always pray he fails grin but las las you all will be disgraced.
Balablu propaganda of Stockholm Syndrome justifiers.

Do you know better than T-Pain’s economy minister huh

Typical socialist money sharing wreckage instead of making people work to be productive and create value.

The last time Nigeria’s economy was stable was about a decade ago – Wale Edun

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”

https://nairametrics.com/2023/09/01/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by mrvitalis(m): 7:25am On Nov 09, 2024
monex:
it is actually 1621 USD. yeah but that's a 50% decline
Our GDP is less than 200 billion dollars
How did you get 1621 USD
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by ThothHermes: 7:26am On Nov 09, 2024
Nigeria $6,340?
You're having a laugh.
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Ramski: 7:31am On Nov 09, 2024
I am not impressed
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by Mikkeal: 7:32am On Nov 09, 2024
Killerofpigs:
Legendhero....

So all the FAAC+IGR from all the SW States and other regions couldn't even make NIGERIA a part of the 10 richest countries in Africa?

What happened... Legendherohuh...

Even LIBYA, that is fighting a WAR is richer than your worthless kwantery?

Yoruba man...your propaganda has been busted..

Propaganda can't cover FACTs. grin
Look at this fool this has to be tribal again if all the regions had been as productive as the west NIGERIA will be far richer you guys are just parasites with bad mouths if na gdp for abuse and curses south east will come first
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by LivingSage: 7:43am On Nov 09, 2024
Bloody illiterate sad
Killerofpigs:
Legendhero....

So all the FAAC+IGR from all the SW States and other regions couldn't even make NIGERIA a part of the 10 richest countries in Africa?

What happened... Legendherohuh...

Even LIBYA, that is fighting a WAR is richer than your worthless kwantery?

Yoruba man...your propaganda has been busted..

Propaganda can't cover FACTs. grin
Re: Nigeria Not Among Top 15 Richest African Countries (picture) by LivingSage: 7:47am On Nov 09, 2024
Sukumerege, what profession are you into because the way you bamboozle economic figures on Nairaland calls for serious concern.

Can you take your local economic to elsewhere
mrvitalis:
People don't know how bad APC has dealt with Nigerians

Nigerian GDP per capita used to be 3200 dollars

Now it's around 900 dollars

People don't know the implications because if they do no body would openly support APC without being beaten

It's evil
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