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Resolving Niger Delta Pollution Will 'Take Years'

Tonye Cole is the son of a former candidate for Nigeria's presidency. But he is blazing his own trail across Africa. He's the Managing Director of Sahara Group, a Nigerian oil company he co-founded, which is operating in 20 countries. Now, Nigeria may be Africa's largest oil producer but black gold has an uneasy relationship with the Niger Delta part of the country, where Tonye Cole comes from. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Philip Hampsheir asked Mr Cole what can be done about pollution in the region.

(Picture: An oil refinery in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Picture credit: AFP.)

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