“…Although there are extant studies on the long-run impact of natural resources on economic growth, their empirical conclusion is still ambiguous. While there are studies that opine natural resources are growth-inducing (Alexeev and Conrad, 2009;Cavalcanti et al, 2011;Jalloh, 2013;Abusaaq et al, 2015;Kitous et al, 2016;Usman et al, 2022;Wen et al, 2022), and growth aversive (Sachs and Warner, 2001;Ahmed et al, 2016;Gerelmaa and Kotani, 2016;Aladejare, 2018;Aladejare, 2020a); some others submit that the result is a function of different elements (Mehlum et al, 2006;Collier and Goderis, 2012;Ghalayini, 2011;Badeeb et al, 2017;Chekouri et al, 2017). Several theoretical expositions have been proposed for this ambiguous outcome.…”