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Petroleum2010Fourth Republic (Jonathan)· Act No. 2, 2010

Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010

Local content thresholds; first consideration to Nigerian operators and personnel in the petroleum sector.

Standard citation

Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010 (Act No. 2, 2010), Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The political & economic reality at enactment

The political and economic reality

Nigeria in 2010: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period of this Act's commencement.

President · Fourth Republic

Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

2007–2010· PDP

National reality

Niger Delta amnesty programme (2009). Yar'Adua became gravely ill in late 2009; the Doctrine of Necessity (Feb 2010) made Goodluck Jonathan Acting President. Yar'Adua died 5 May 2010.

Crises of the period

  • Yar'Adua medical absence + cabal
  • Niger Delta amnesty negotiations
  • Boko Haram founding violence (Maiduguri 2009)

GDP (World Bank)

$166 bn (2007) → $369 bn (2010, post-rebasing trajectory)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

  • Education

    Igwe Aja-Nwachuku; Dr. Sam Egwu

Source · Federal Gazette 2007–10

President · Fourth Republic

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

2010–2015· PDP

National reality

GDP rebasing April 2014 made Nigeria Africa's largest economy. Chibok abduction 14 April 2014 (276 girls). Sovereign Wealth Fund established 2012. Fuel-subsidy protests January 2012. Lost the 2015 election — first incumbent defeated.

Crises of the period

  • #OccupyNigeria fuel-subsidy protests (Jan 2012)
  • Chibok abduction (Apr 2014)
  • Boko Haram caliphate at peak (2014)
  • Oil price crash from mid-2014

GDP (World Bank)

$369 bn (2010) → $546 bn (2014, post-rebasing — largest African economy)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

  • Finance

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Coordinating Minister of the Economy)

  • Education

    Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i; Ibrahim Shekarau

  • Petroleum

    Diezani Alison-Madueke

Sources · Federal Gazette 2010–15 · NBS GDP rebasing report 2014

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.