C) the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is an OPEC member and Africa’s largest crude oil exporter. Dangote Refinery, one of the world’s largest petrochemical plants, with an optimalproduction capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude per day is based, in Lekki, Lagos, with over 250,000direct and indirect employees.

Although foreign direct investment into the country in declined sharply from by 65 per cent from $86.03 million in q2 2023 to $29.83 million in q4 2024, nevertheless, Nigeria’s demographics is pivotal in economic paradigms for domestic and international trade.

Conversely, Nigeria’s besieged by terrorism, ethno-religious killings, kidnappings, armed robbery and the breakdown of law and order in places. According to Statista, between 2011 and 2023, Boko Haram caused over 38,000 deaths in the Borno province alone. The kidnapping of 276 female students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in 2014 captured global attention. Over 100 girls are still missing, and six students are presumed dead.


https://guardian.ng/opinion/columnists/the-case-for-rotational-presidency-in-nigeria/