Nigeria’s oil funds have accumulated about $3.96 billion, which is capable of paying for only 16 percent of the 2017 budget, while Norway’s oil fund, reached $1 trillion on Tuesday, capable of resolving the country’s budget in 37 years, even though it was created six years before Nigeria’s.
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