Nigerian Senate lauds Total’s $16bn investment
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CNBC Africa’s Christycole Popoola caught up with the Senate's Ad-hoc Committee Chairman, Solomon Adeola to get some clarification on the Senate's position on the Egina Project as well as plans to review Nigeria’s local content act.
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