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An energy communication researcher, Dr. Adeola Yusuf, has called on President Bola Tinubu to demand strategic communication plans from oil producers and contractors, detailing phase-by-phase progress on the 3 million barrels oil production target set for 2030.
Yusuf, who doubles as the Team Lead of Platforms Africa, made this call during a plenary session at the just concluded Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) 2026, attended by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Patience Oyekunle, as well as captains of industry.
Speaking on: “Impact of Storytelling in Attracting Investment in Nigeria and Africa’s Energy Transformation,” Dr. Yusuf declared that research has shown that policies and projects with phase-by-phase strategic communication have better success rates compared to those without proper communication.
He emphasised that Nigeria’s current per capita oil production will still be above the projected output in 2030, even if the target is met, highlighting the need for strategic communication to achieve the goal.
Yusuf called on oil producers who have been given the task and contracts to raise Nigeria’s oil production to 3 million barrels per day by 2030 to work hard to deliver on the mandate given to them by President Bola Tinubu.
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“The Honourable Minister, you have been working hard on the mandate and I urged you, sir, to adopt and demand contractors and producers to adopt strategic communication on the phase by phase development on the task.
“Our president and all of us cannot, as a country, fail to meet up with the oil output target set for 2030. The simple reason for this is that the current per capital oil production by Nigeria at the moment will still be above the per capital output by the country in 2030 even if the target is met. We can now imagine how the scenery will be if we don’t work hard to meet the target.
“With the current production of 1.6 million barrels daily as of today when the country’s population stands at around 200 million, the per capita oil production is 0.008 barrel per person compared to 0.007 barrel per person by 2030 when the country’s population is envisaged to hit 401 million people.
“As huge as the 3 million barrels daily production target looks, it is still going to be below the current production of 1.6 million barrels daily in terms of per capita production and this is a major reason we can not still lag behind the target set by Mr. President, which is being rigorously pursued by the Honourable Minister,” he said.
