Reps probe $20bn spent on maintenance of Nigeria’s refineries
By OakTV
23 November 2017 |
10:09 am
The House of Representatives yesterday raised alarm over the whopping $20bilion so far spent on the Turn Around Maintenance, TAM, of the nation’s three refineries without commensurate results, and resolved to investigate every detail of the TAM.
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