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As Nigeria’s energy needs continue to grow, production of energy sources must additionally increase. The Nigerian government has begun implementing policy to increase domestic consumption of natural gas and renewable energy sources. This would allow Nigeria to then continue to maintain production of fossil fuels such as crude oil for export to improve annual GDP.

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Petrovic, S., Edmunds, K. (2023). Nigeria. In: Petrovic, S. (eds) World Energy Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31625-8_10

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