ABSTRACT
Nigeria is a country that develops along abnormal situations. Everyone seems to know the problem of the country, but no one seems to provide the right answers. The country has refused to go under because of its enormous wealth which has been plundered over the years. In all development and production indices, one aspect that cannot be overemphasised is the presence or absence of infrastructure in international best practices. This paper takes a look at the importance of critical infrastructure and productivity in Nigeria. The paper attempts to expose and interrogate the importance of critical infrastructure in some critical sectors such as manufacturing, oil, transport, agricultural, social, energy banking and services. The paper concludes that there is absence of these infrastructure in all the sectors and Nigeria has not muster the political and technological will to address the issues frontally.