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Buhari flags off $2.8 billion gas pipeline project, biggest in Nigeria’s history

Chike OlisahbyChike Olisah
3 years ago
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President Muhammadu Buhari will be making history as he flags off the construction of the $2.8 billion 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) natural gas pipeline, the single biggest gas pipeline project in Nigeria’s history, by Tuesday June 30, 2020, in Ajaokuta (Kogi State) and Rigachikun (Kaduna State).

Presidential Flag-off of the Construction Phase of the #AKK Gas Pipeline Project Holds Tuesday, 30th June 2020 in Ajaokuta (Kogi St) & Rigachikun (Kaduna St). The project will boost domestic gas consumption, power generation & industrialisation. @MBuhari @FemAdesina @BashirAhmaad pic.twitter.com/3LZou37EdK

— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) June 27, 2020

The project, which is taking off after months of discussions in and out of the country, will boost domestic gas consumption, power generation, and industrialization.

READ MORE: Official: Nigeria’s oil and gas export sales hit $490.03 million in February 

The AKK pipeline project, which will carry gas between the southern and northern parts of the country, will eventually extend to North Africa.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) initially announced tenders for this project in July 2013. A project proposal was submitted to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in June 2017, and the Federal Executive Council subsequently granted approval in December 2017.

The 614 kilometers-long natural gas pipeline is Phase One of the Trans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline (TNGP) project, to be done on a build-and-transfer Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. It will transport 3,500 million metric standard cubic feet per day of dehydrated gas from several gas gathering projects located in southern Nigeria.

READ ALSO: NNPC mulls extension of gas pipeline to Algeria, Morocco

The project will be in three phases:

  • The first phase is 200 kilometers long and is between Ajaokuta and Abuja, at a projected cost of $855 million.
  • The second phase is 193 kilometers long, between Abuja and Kaduna. It is estimated to cost $835 million.
  • The third phase is 221 kilometers-long, between Kaduna and Kano, at a projected cost of $1.2 billion.

It will eventually reach North Africa in subsequent phases.

The AKK gas pipeline project will create steady and guaranteed gas supply network between the Northern and Southern part of Nigeria, and enhance power generation capacity. The industrial sector will be strengthened, local usage of gas will be promoted and increased, and the country’s revenue generation boosted through export of natural gas.

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Nigeria, currently ranked the 7th most endowed natural gas country in the world, sits on about 180 trillion cubic feet of natural gas deposits, which can be utilized as gas to power, gas to petrochemicals, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and compressed natural gas (CNG), among others.

Over the years, Nigeria has exploited its oil resources more, to the detriment of gas, which incidentally fetches more revenue although more expensive to prospect.

One big advantage the average Nigerian can look forward to is the evolution of compressed natural gas (CNG), which is still at pilot stage in the country.


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Tags: Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano natural gas pipelineICRCInfrastructure Concession Regulatory CommissionNigerian National Petroleum CorporationNNPCPresident Muhammadu BuhariTrans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline
Chike Olisah

Chike Olisah

Chike was a banker with over 11 years experience in retail and commercial banking, risk management, treasury portfolio management and relationship management. He also acquired some experience in financial management and do have some special interest in investment analysis and personal finance. He had stints with financial institutions like the former Intercontinental Bank and Fidelity Bank.

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  1. Charles says:
    June 28, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    Is the gas pipeline project only for the Northern Region, or will there be an extension later to the South. For some reason, Buhari is quick to sign off projects that enhance the development of the North while preaching one Nigeria. Take the railway line construction….etc, for example.

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  2. Md says:
    June 28, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    This will be the greatest achievement of this administration, most especially for the northers, cause this project will bring more company and industries in the region part of the country. And will surely create wealth and jobs for the peopel in the regoin.

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