The Federal Government of Nigeria has given assurance that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline is set to make an impact on the economic growth and development of the nation as the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Completion has been announced to be at Q1 2025.
This information was revealed by the Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari during the visit of three cabinet Ministers to the AKK Gas Pipeline Project Site as they made an inspection to the River Kaduna crossing milestone of the project in Kaduna on Friday.
The three Ministers who paid a visit to the project site are: Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun; Minister of Information & National Orientation, Mr. Mohammed Idris Malagi and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon Ekperikpe Ekpo.
Significance of the Project
Speaking at the project site, the Minister of Finance Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun praised the AKK Gas pipeline as the pipeline of prosperity, which is very priceless to the President, because it will deliver the critical infrastructure needed to trigger the nation’s economic growth and industrialization in the country.
“The AKK Gas Pipeline is crucial for this administration and its delivery is in line with Mr. President’s strategy of bringing prosperity to the people,” Edun added.
In his rem, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Mohammed Idris Malagi said the AKK Gas Pipeline Project is a testimony to the fact that the Federal Government’s “Decade of Gas” has commenced in earnest.
“Nigerians should be proud of the AKK Gas Pipeline project. With the delivery of this pipelines project, the prosperity that Mr. President is always talking about is unravelling right here before our eyes,” he said.
Also speaking, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo said the gas pipeline is part of the Federal Government’s many efforts to harness the nation’s abundant gas resources towards improving power generation, revamping ailing industries and creating employment opportunities in the country.
Ekpo urged all stakeholders to support the NNPC Ltd towards delivering the project and several other gas projects as the country depends on it to bring prosperity to the
Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Completion Date
“Without promising too much, we assure you that this Project will be delivered on schedule. Our mission is to work towards delivering it by December this year. But we are confident this project will be delivered by 1st Quarter of 2025,” Kyari informed the three visiting Ministers.
The GCEO, who said the NNPC Ltd recognises the strategic importance and enormous value of the project to Nigeria’s economy, stressed that the Company was bankrolling the project on the back of its own balance sheet.
Moreover, in his speech, the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Uba Sani, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, said the completion of the AKK gas pipeline will herald the much-needed economic and industrial revival in the state.
The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline is a 40 inch by 614km linear pipeline system running from Akaojuta in Kogi State to Kano with associated intermediate, terminal gas facilities and other related equipment to transport natural gas to off-takers at Abuja, Kaduna and Kano.
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