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ABUJA, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Nigeria will pass its Petroleum Industry Bill by mid-2020, Minister of Petroleum Timipre Sylva said on Monday, the latest assurance that the legislation would be enacted after nearly two decades of wrangling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are on the same page as the National Assembly,\u201d he said, referring to Nigeria\u2019s parliament, adding that he hoped international oil majors were also on board. (Reporting by Libby George; Writing by Paul Carsten; editing by Louise Heavens)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABUJA, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Nigeria will pass its Petroleum Industry Bill by mid-2020, Minister of Petroleum Timipre Sylva said on Monday, the latest assurance that the legislation would be enacted after nearly two decades of wrangling. \u201cWe are on the same page as the National Assembly,\u201d he said, referring to Nigeria\u2019s parliament, adding that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":18218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[347,202,351],"class_list":["post-21173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-abuja","tag-oil","tag-petroleum"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria's petroleum bill to be passed by mid-2020 -oil minister - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ABUJA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Nigeria will pass its Petroleum Industry Bill by mid-2020, Minister of Petroleum Timipre Sylva said on Monday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerias-petroleum-bill-to-be-passed-by-mid-2020-oil-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria's petroleum bill to be passed by mid-2020 -oil minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ABUJA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - 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