The global climate debate has become increasingly moralistic, yet the real implications are intensely practical: the energy transition will reward discipline and punish disorder. Nigeria, unfortunately, remains closer to the wrong side of that divide. The challenge before the country is not ideological; it is strategic. And until Nigeria confronts the structural weaknesses at the heart of its energy system, climate targets and transition rhetoric will remain empty performances.
Hydrocarbons still anchor the Nigerian economy, from government
