This is a difficult time for Nigeria. Crude oil, on which the country depends for over 80 percent of its revenues and 90 percent of its foreign exchange, has been on a free fall in the international market since 2014.  As at the last check, the price was $32 per barrel. Meanwhile, the official cost
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