This paper investigates whether the Dutch Disease (DD) occurred in Nigeria during the 20th century by examining the spending and the resource movement effect using the Error Correction and Partial Adjustment regression models. The spending effect shows that under a fixed exchange rate the DD is nullified. Under a floating exchange rate, the exchange rate appreciates indicative of the DD. Controlling for the change in exchange rate regime in 1986 shows that a spurious regression was run and no inferences can be taken. Examining the resource movement effect, the manufacturing sector contracts...