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Good governance key in exploitation of oil revenue

By Billow Kerrow

Kudos to the Energy Ministry! We have discovered the black gold and have every reason to get impatient for the petro- dollars. Oil has been known to create vast fortunes, industrial empires and has had profound influence on modern societies and politics. We can’t wait to be awash with dollars like the Arabs, and our cities should soon look like Dubai and Doha, and we should tell US they go jump into the sea because we will not need their aid anymore. Well, we will be an economic super power!

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