PwC Nigeria: How the COVID-19 lockdown extension, OPEC production cut impacts Nigeria
By CNBC
19 April 2020 |
11:15 am
As Nigeria extends the lockdown for another 14 days, OPEC and Allies agreed to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels from the first of May, through to the end of June. Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria joins CNBC Africa to discuss the implications for Nigeria's economy.
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