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igeria: In need of dreamers, of a certain k Mr. Babs Omotowa MD/CEO Nigeria LNG Limited Babs Omotowa Currently Managing Director/CEO, Nigeria LNG Limited Vice President of Bonny Gas Transport Limited. Previously Vice President, Shell companies in Sub-Sahara Africa Director of the Shell Petroleum Development Company Director of the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company.
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Nigeria: In need of dreamers, of a certain kind
Presented at Harvard University on March 5, 2014
By Babs Omotowa (FCIPS)
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Nigeria: In need of dreamers, of a certain kind

Mr. Babs Omotowa

MD/CEONigeria LNG Limited

Babs Omotowa

CurrentlyManaging Director/CEO, Nigeria LNG Limited Vice President of Bonny Gas Transport Limited.

Previously Vice President, Shell companies in Sub-Sahara AfricaDirector of the Shell Petroleum Development CompanyDirector of the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company.

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Nigeria – Realities and myths

Nigerians believe they are special

Nigeria was a mistake

Nigeria, a mere geographical expression

Nigerians show individual brilliance but lacking in

political leadership

Huge untapped Potentials• Oil (10th largest proven

reserve with 37bln barrels)

• Gas (187 tcf proven and 600 tcf probable)

• Agriculture (775k sq.km arable land , 85% of land area )

• Power (current production 4500MW, need 200,000MW)

• Real estate (17million deficit)

Unlimited possibilities• Infrastructure• Job creation

Huge market • 169m people

Realities Myths

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Can-do Spirit

People

Icons

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Nigeria’s resources

Proven – 187 TCF

Unproven – 600 TCF

Natural Gas

169 million population

Oil

Agriculture

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MINT - Emerging world economies

13th world’s largest economy by 2050

$4trillion GDP by 2050 at 6% annual growth rate

Mexico India

Nigeria Turkey

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Key Enablers

Stability Profits World policy Opportunity Education

5 key enables for emerging market nations

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Path to unlocking Nigeria’s economy

Power Reform Privatization Agriculture

Capital Business Skills Global connections

Infrastructure

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Successful dreamers

Recall emergence…

from commodities to higher-value manufacturing

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From Oasis To Critical Mass

Partnership

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Actualizing the dream of transformation

Personal/Political interest

Weak governance

Poverty issues

Weak infrastructure

National interest

Sustainable development

Strong governance

High accountability

Academic research

Benchmark data

Developing country Developed country

Strong institutional framework (based on local perspective)

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Nigeria – the investment prospect

• Foreign remittance of $21bln in 2013 by Nigerians in diaspora

• $57.4bln spent on importation from Jul 2012 – July 2013

• Provide Oil reserves = 37.2 bln barrels• Proven natural gas reserve = 187tcf• Unproven natural gas reserve = 600tcf

• Nigeria is importing what it can produce in abundance

• $2.3bln annually on imported rice • $8.1bln annually on other imported

basic items like wheat, sugar and fish.

• $21.9bln to power Generators annually• $119m annually on generator imports• Current production : 4,500MW• Current demand : 200,000MW

• The housing deficit currently stands at 17 million units

• Additional 2 million units demand added each year.

• $372bln required to alleviate deficit

• Contribute only 0.63% to GDP• Iron ore – 3 bln MT deposits• Gypsum – 1 bln MT deposits• Coal – 3 bln MT deposits• Bitumen – 42 bln MT deposits

Sector Sector

Oil and gas

Agriculture

Power

Banking

Real estate

Mining

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Nigeria LNG – An inspiration from Nigeria

4% Nigeria GDP $80bln Revenue (since 1999)$13bln Asset base

100% Nigerian MGT team97% asset reliability World’s 4th largest LNG plant

3000 LNG cargo delivered

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