ABUJA – Exactly a week ago (Wednesday July 19, 2017), at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, predicted that the automobile industry will be moving away from diesel and petrol powered cars in favour of electric and alternative energy powered cars.
This, he stated, was one of the reasons why Nigeria must restructure now or risk being bypassed by the global economy (http://atiku.org/aa/2017/07/1
Of course the Waziri Adamawa was criticized and painted as crying wolf by the usual suspects, yet only 8 days later his view has been further vindicated by the news from the United Kingdom which was reported in Thursday, July 27, 2017 THISDAY front page headline: ‘Doom for Nigeria, Britain Moves to Ban Petrol, Diesel Cars by 2040’ (http://www.thisdaylive.com/in
This again serves as a warning to Nigeria to heed the warnings of patriots like Atiku Abubakar and others like him, that while we still have a few good years of income from oil we need to urgently diversify our economy which will only be possible if we embrace restructuring.
