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i lose . hello, i'm come off. santa maria, this is counting the cost on al jazeera. you look at the world of business and economics this week, nigeria to recessions, in 4 years, youth unemployment and insecurity. getting worse, but there is one growth industry, kidnapping, cheap guns flooding into the country. nigeria efforts to close the border just have not worked. then as the sabotaged best and environmental concerns. driving shell to fill up and walk away from its on shore nigerian oil operation. and even though

countries around the gulf of guinea is stepping up, security to find a ride and piracy, which country still was affected, our focus this week isn't timing. nigeria, ah, so it's just the one topic this week and we are very conscious that there is a lot of negative news here. but the fact is, nigeria is dealing with a lot at the moment, and it is all extremely consequential. nigerian economy is not in great shape, which means people look for alternatives. in some cases, extreme alternatives. you remember back in 2014, when the millison group book her on may global headlines for abducting nearly 300 school girls from the town of chip book. but it's still happening with an $800.00 students have been kidnapped in the northwest of nigeria since december. and these are separate from the islamist insurgency center on the northeast. here's some detail for you. this is from the armed conflict location and event data project. all these kidnapping events. they've mapped out

a just from the 1st 4 months of this year, that's after abduction and forced disappearance events more than doubled back in 2020. i have a different interpretation on the spark out the pink spike that you see in 2014. that's when the book on her arm she book can nothing's happened, but 20202021. so a huge increase in abductions by communal militias. those of the ones in blue and more worryingly abduction events in the 1st 4 months of this year have overtaken the total for last year. so not properly dealing with insurgency and kidnappings as part of nigeria problem. but the government's failure to grow the economy to accommodate the population. i started making it worse. economy attuned to than 6000000 people fell into its 2nd recession in 4 years. and more than 60 percent of nigeria is working, age population is younger than 34. problem is unemployment for the 15 to 24 year olds that was 53 percent in the 4th quarter. and it was 37 percent for people age

between 25 and 34. so we're going to dive into a lot of issues this week. oil piracy that coming up later, but we're going to start with nigeria borders. the government shut them in 2019 to restrict the flow of illegal weapons that last month. president mohammed bihari surprised a lot of people when he said it had failed and was in fact feeling numerous conflicts. a report for math med address in seminary town on the border between nigeria and been this boat market used to be a thriving commercial hub. it's now a shell of it. for myself, it was known for cheap imports like rice, automobiles, and garments. but not anymore. it's been 6 months since niger reopen, it's west and land border with been. but people like successful motorcycle dealer or more layer in was a. they having to find other work to make a living. and he's not happy. you've got my tell you what i was telling lies.

because if somebody comes in the 4 points, you get free passage of goods on people. but i've got to do, but i know that's what i thought opened. you submit lewis, you qualify charlotte opening to some group of people in this country. he says, such favors have ruined small businesses like hiss and by extension have had the economy. head of a local trade is union agrees no less for market. there's little activities at the market. even the number of visitors reduced substantially with incomes wiped out. people stay at home and such, you can get the taxes as you know, the residency. even passenger traffic is not what it used to be. the motor closure was meant to reduce the import of hold item encourage domestic and stop the smuggling of firearms and leasing drugs. into nigeria, but after one on have years the president admits said more arms came in during the band, raising questions as to what it actually achieved, what feature?

so if i assist the shut down was a resounding success as there is cross border collaboration and sharing of intelligence on smuggling. there were a lot of videos of her previous is i terms older, funding with into the country through illegal ordered. there were also arrests of migrants which could have complicated to give this to show. but enforcing the board rules has made it more expensive to live in communities like semi people. he has a numerous checkpoint to hurting the transport titian of goods from across the border and other parts of an idea. the government reopening its borders just as the free trade agreement facilitated by the african union was coming into force. but months later, business activity here has yet to pick up. nigerian government has accused its

neighbors of endangering not only the economy, but also security, say weapons, and ammunition still flow across the borders to feed it ever growing conflict. so let's piece all of this together. then the government's been fighting vocal. harassed in the northeast, there is an ongoing conflict between nomadic capital who is in crop farm is in central and southern regions. there is a separatist rebellion in the southeast. what his, all of his doing to nigeria will here is sam a mattie to help us out. he's the director of the, a boucher school of social and political thoughts and it's great to have you with us the overall insecure situation right across the country. how much of this in your opinion actually rests with the government? or is this just such a big problem? that it actually, it's almost too big to get a hold on. well, i do get out of it with government because 1st on 2 levels i did national level defense. did you have enough government? creates a boot is an obstacle and it will be good just means that the stiff competition

fall available sources and then that is called bonded by the system of governors. that's fair in wish government plans to understand it. and what of equity and justice in it and you know, kind of consensus among with good lives and trust among isn't so failure in the printer government to crypt can be prices to, to create a sense of belonging to leave the road is growing says of this are fictional, the sub level south is south south, south west of the country. we see that it will be published and government must indefinitely. tuggle is it good? but also in that agreed and it says it was real, this connection between the people governance and they could come out of the state

police and that's what gave us to scratch. so primarily is there is some suggestion that the failure to act against some of those community colleges which we talked about earlier, is because the president is part of as, as, why do you put any weight into that? i think there is, i mean, if you look at before it became present present in 2015 in the previous election. he cannot produce spokesperson for their laps and then get into power. he did not try to could access of even this book or he, he spoke against booker and b, as for, for dinner. say again, was the book on the books present, ma did to do your time because government and so when it come to power, the image again, he did not have in the way to manage the crisis when it's been spoken,

i guess for any hudson as well. as i can pick him up, got them set something to do with his jellies, in a sense it would be great policies and then probably smith saw. so just, i'm sorry for the perception that yes, been, maybe he didn't and of course, show you some degree in. so just to not do it. so the apple i bought was a, was, was a repeat to prescribe before these rise of violence. well, probably petition, but nobody to do, man, man, that's our dog toward the forged in the global territories, hadn't of surely prescribed as dental groups in nature. we have the nigerian

federation, the whole country. we also have a lot of different regions of there is again, some suggestion or talk about the idea that some regions could withdraw like for the be offer region, i mean could, could they, could they survive on their own? i think he said when i was talking about a succession so many years after the civil what that was, but i think that's it also some degree of cause issues because that we are better to get it. i would say the last 6 years i tend and says most so for example, we're public book is it was really absent to add it on joseph now seeing radicalization and in fact, bam is sometimes they'll have dry leaders when it is sufficient demand. and i get the problem, the sink is credible, it's credible, but we need to do it at the level of national leadership. that risk is absolutely

conscious. the prisoners insisted that this talk is losses. gifts whereas famines about good public support for some of his good double. so this big, but it reminded me that i just, it is fallen also pointed out, i wasn't, did my muscle is not so in politics, recreation shown in every but feels good because it would be adjusted. but i guess we jumped to for granted these they know building. so this beast was the last game shifting and the government is go by the center. and chris sent you distrust that government is come, you know, dancing credibility in the us momentum. so let's move away from the security side

of things and talk about the economy. you mentioned it before, the lack of jobs. well, in fact, the insecurity which creates the poor economic condition and the lack of jobs. how does not area turn that around? the population is growing. how do we get to a point where actually those youth in nigeria will have jobs and will have something to look forward to. the lack of audits and punish should make the failure of the government to increase freedom, economic freedom. if the, my just, it continues to be one of the was super textual research. and if i had a policy like minimum wage level rights, i'm only asked. so track to driving economic would belong to me. so does that. we're going to fill 7000000 people. didn't want to go, but the us open up just one of them isn't all ready. maybe to be to go to sit here is the broad one is policy that need to go about to

real economic policies. the target economic, where been crypt oppertunity job creation is you can have job creation when enough did, did that. she has world is not focusing on production because schiller cross would have to be to the concrete is what is driving the car. doctor, you can have an economy we asked it's good to fit our lives ribbon and then sent it to create revenue. so far as we are not a political kind of me. and therefore job creation didn't stimulate stripped on job creation, will be real deceptive. ever loading that part of the center and kids, cynthia levels to get progress that could provide it with this could be going to expect mission arises, what would it cost?

and there's a failure and moment to failure. that is in the last 20 years, but i wanted to heighten on that is a sam mattie with his thoughts on nigeria is economic future. sam, thank you so much for your time. thank you. the right, so security or lack all of it seems to be at the heart of a lot of nigeria issues and that extends to arguably the most important factor. oil rolled out shell is that it wants to fill it's on shore oil facilities in nigeria because of all the sabotage and theft. shells already sold a handful of its own shore oil blocks in the niger delta over the past decade because of community unrest and continued attacks on its oil installations that come with its own subset of knock on effects if you like. in january show was ordered to pay damages to farmers off to an appeals court in the hague, found its nigerian subsidiary was liable for oil spills in the delta. more than

a decade ago, shell is argued, the spills were caused by sabotage. and that it shouldn't be held accountable for the dealings of a foreign subsidiary, but environmental groups of the argued shall was to blame, at least for the poor maintenance and security of the oil pipes. let's build on this now with energy analyst form. ok. you on there who has worked in the nigerian sector for more than 2 decades now. great to have you with us and your your expertise on this topic shells withdrawal. let's talk about that 1st. is that necessarily a bad thing? are there not local companies who could actually see this is an opportunity. shells withdrawal is, is bad for the industry in my area and what our media, local company staff. they will not be able to fill in the gaps shells leaving, they're going to create because they do not have the capacity to absorb to volume. that's shell is going to produce. don't forget,

that shell has been a pony. our company, the industry in my area, and they to talk to about 60 percent, it's not more off manager us production of oil and gas. the local companies will not be able to seal the shoes of shell as they're pulling out. ok, and it blames the issues of sabotage and oil theft for the reason that it is leaving. i mean, how much responsibility can we always talk about responsibility, whether it fits with the company or with the government on a security level, the issue or sabotage is real and it bites. it buys both the companies and the government. ah, but when it comes to a personal blend, that's particularly want to look at who to our person, blame to. but because

a question i've been asked this way, all the blames will go to the government, because i'll test and the pipeline found a line disease is able to happen. because there's no security for the infrastructure. and shell, or any of the oil companies, whether for renewal companies or local companies, are not in the business of security. beyond the business of exploration and production of oil and gas. and so you couldn't lay blame for is security defendant issue on any business. whether it be shell, whether it be a cement, manufacturing company, and business, so that blame goes squarely 100 percent on the government. and what about carrying fund wrong? was there not some oil legislation that the nigerian government has failed to pass? would that have made a difference as a legislation?

not time on events have about taken. it's been about 21 years coming. and somehow because of legislation that there was so much talk about it now, and somehow we managed to get ourselves stuck in the past that didn't exist where we are the moment mixed piece of legislation redundant. and the problem of the oil and gas industry, free bates, that legislation and to just matter, we down to one piece of legislation whose time has already passed anyways. ok, it's, it's to oversimplify the issue really oil is and this could be in so many countries it's either a blessing or a curse or perhaps a little bit of both nigeria case what happened to the oil wealth? has it been squandered? has it been lost? is it when i just look at the overall economic situation of the country and think

about how much money can come in from oil. there's a disconnect there. yes, there is. there is a disc about and there are reports of reports by many institutions, both local and international that has exposed this disconnect that you're talking about the other day. i was looking out a report from the world bank was filed back at 2001 or 2003, they're about and they made such claims about corruption on, you know, being responsible for. ready for stuff you thing is this, the disconnect is that you did, you did ask what happened to the wells, the wells that down. but you know, the thing with production wells is the age as well. and over time, the volume of crude or gas able to guess from them will be

depleted. however, missouri has made so much money from oil and gas and it doesn't show on the streets . it doesn't, it doesn't, it doesn't show on, on, on the how i put it now. and exactly doesn't show in everyday life for people there . and they are the people who, who don't have end up wondering why. why are we not in a better situation? why has that money been squandered? how did that happen? very interesting for them. how. how they did happen? well, it went into it went into private pockets of some of some of the broods runs in the country that it will, it will, it will take us hours if we want to go deep into this. and there is also the issue of not reinvesting into the industry. i mean, for example,

as far back as 2015, those of us in the industry knew that there was a serious lack of investment that was required for industry at the time. and you don't, you don't get something out of nothing. if you don't invest well then something you're not going to get returns. and somehow we do the selves to believe that, oh yeah, we're always going to have. all right. and so we're always going to money. well, but that's behind some dimensions because i know it's a depletion with source. and apart from the fact that is a depletion results where we are in the world today, some of the be just comes you myself or in the west beginning should gradually shift away from sources. well, images source. i would do an absolutely nothing about it. i worry that it might get

to a point in my country where i would have to be drinking on a la south because the rest of the world no longer meets the commodity. goodness, my fascinating talking to you for my ok. my thank you so much for your time. really appreciate it. thank you for having me. and finally, piracy countries around the gulf of guinea are stepping up f, secure. he trying to fight off a shot rise and attacks by pirates. it's actually not the most dangerous area in the world for that with nearly half of all the attacks this year. and in areas stretch from, from senegal in the north, to angola in the south. but of the 13 countries which have coasts on the gulf of guinea, it is nigeria, which is one of the worst effected once again, i made interest with our report this time for the port city of lake off the nigeria tests out new equipment soon to be deployed it's the it's an arsenal of ground. air and sea vessels and equipment designed to tackle pirates operating in the gulf of dd. attacks in the region have grown in number and sophistication of

the past 5 years. is very difficult to advocate it. but our target is to see as 0 tolerance of my time is actually within and beyond. out wanted to have a complete gamble of land at the approach that can handle the issue of the insecurity. countries in the region lose nearly a $1000000000.00 annually to pirate attacks. many a carried out in nigeria and waters. many countries in west africa and the gulf of guinea have tied the matter time secure to that of the continents biggest economy and for good reason. a significant number of the 32 attacks carried out in the 1st quarter of 2021 happened in nigeria, territory waters ship operators hope with the countries deployment of additional

vessels like this. 17 interceptor boats 10 aircraft including goals will help to keep the number down. in addition to the loss of lives and equipment, many businesses have closed. there was a time in the country that we had almost time right. the problem was due to the the, the pirate and the last a lot of business, they have to lose out on reno, nevada, going on. and she says, getting them back will be hard as new threats a merging we have that come from you room and on. i mean, they feel i recall on the much respect is read on on red minus ship operators,

navigating the gulf of guinea. now pay insurance premiums, similar to what is paid by those in wars zones. forcing some to avoid the region altogether. officious in nigeria, hope the improved security force or is so confidence in merchants once again, play the gulf of guinea and that is our chauffeur this week, but i want to know what you think and what you want to see on the show as well. you can tweak o d m may come all a j, eat the hash tag is a j c t faith. the email address that you prefer, that counting the cost down to the red dot net and as ever there is more online algebra dot com slash features fee. that'll take you straight to our page. has been tire episodes for you to catch up on whenever you'd like, but that is, it's this tradition of counting the cost. i'm come all santa maria from the whole thing. thanks for joining us. the news on al jazeera use

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