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    All Africa: Tanzania - Zanzibar Free to Develop Its Oil, Gas Industry, Says Minister

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Zanzibar's Minister for Natural Resources, Ramadhan Abdalla Shaaban, says the country is free to develop its oil and gas industru after passing a Petroleum Act

by: Erica Mills

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All Africa: Tanzania - Zanzibar Free to Develop Its Oil, Gas Industry, Says Minister

The Minister for Natural Resources, Mr Ramadhan Abdalla Shaaban, has said that Zanzibar is free to develop its oil and gas industry after the Union Parliament endorsed 'Petroleum Act 2015' last year.

"I am the Minister responsible for oil and gas. If one wants to get proper information then it's from me..." Mr Shaaban said in Pemba Island, while responding to claims that Zanzibar has no legal powers to utilise its natural resources, which have been under Union matters since the formation of the Union.

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