The discovery of oil comes with a huge blessings capable of transforming individual lives communities, states and even countries if well managed. But a situation where the proceeds are miss managed it will turn to be a cause as individual will rise against individual, states Wil rise against starts, countries will rise against countries.
Well, I was supposed to be a blessing, at least nature made it so, but its impact on the lives and infrastructural development of the countries that has it justifies if it meets the purpose of being a blessing or not.
Government pattern of managing these resources has a major role to play, if managed well, and the citizens living conditions are improved with its revenue, then it's a blessing to the country, else it is a curse to that country. In Africa, mostly my country, the leaders mismanage oil proceeds and keep the nations in an underdeveloped and hungry state, here it's a curse and people like me pray daily for the oil reserves to dry up so that the government can straighten up in their bad governance models.