• Grants Shell enhanced tax credit for $20bn Aparo deepwater project

• Oil giant awards $518m contracts to Nigerian firms, boosts local content

• Engages 123 indigenous companies

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos

The federal government on Monday described the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals as a source of national pride and Nigeria’s most transformative industrial investments in recent times.