Diezani Alison-Madueke

====Minister of Petroleum Resources====
As Minister of Petroleum Resources, Alison-Madueke pledged to transform [[Petroleum industry in Nigeria|Nigeria's oil and gas industry]] so that all Nigerians benefit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhrNg7ySko
  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nhhrNg7ySko |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Oil and Gas Working for All Nigeria Part 1
 |author=Diezani Alison-Madueke
 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2012-01-12}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2010, President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] signed the Nigerian Content Act, which aimed to increase the percentage of petroleum industry contracts awarded to indigenous Nigerian businesses – a reaction to the domination of the sector by foreign operators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201005040301.html
 |title=Content Law - of Content And Contempt
 |work=[[Media Trust|Daily Trust]]
 |author=Hamisu Muhammad |date=4 May 2010 |access-date=2012-01-12}}</ref>

One of the most controversial policies introduced under Alison-Madueke was the government's plan to remove state subsidies on fuel prices. Alison-Madueke supported the discontinuation of the subsidy "because it poses a huge financial burden on the government, disproportionately benefits the wealthy, [and] encourages inefficiency, corruption and diversion of scarce public resources away from investment in critical infrastructure."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/energy/33991-fg-outlines-benefits-of-fuel-subsidy-removal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302023913/http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/energy/33991-fg-outlines-benefits-of-fuel-subsidy-removal |title=FG outlines benefits of fuel subsidy removal
 |newspaper=[[Nigerian Tribune]]
 |author=Tunde Dodondawa |date=9 January 2012 |archive-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>