VOL. XXXI

NO. 50

19-SEPTEMBER-1988

OPEC

Lukman Defends Commitment to OPEC

Nigerian Oil Minister Rilwanu Lukman has responded to criticism fromNigeria's Armed Forces Ruling Council that he is putting OPEC's interests aheadof the country's by underlining the need to continue to support OPEC. In aspeech at a military college near Kanduna in northern Nigeria on 12 September,Mr. Lukman said that "we remain committed to OPEC, which has persistentlysought to establish an efficient and equitable price for...