The President, Ijaw National Congress, Prof Benjamin Okaba, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE on the situation in the Niger Delta as result of oil spill, alleged exploitation by oil companies, crude oil theft and the oil discovery in the North, among other issues

Many people have argued that crude oil seems to be a curse rather than a blessing for Nigeria, given the devastating impact on the N’Delta and how it has made governments at all levels to be lazy, from the eyes of the Niger Delta people, do you think oil has been a blessing or a curse?

I won’t say oil is a…