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On Monday, the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, led by the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari took a tour to Ahoko, a community in Kogi State to inspect the pace of work at the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project.
The current administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has made it a priority to ensure that revenue from oil and gas resources are utilised to support the emergence and growth of other non-oil sectors of the economy. The pipeline has the capacity to transport two billion standard cubic feet of natural gas per day to three proposed independent power plants in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, and other gas-based industries, as well as other identified and proposed commercial off-takers along the entire pipeline route.
Similarly, 94% of the total line pipes have been manufactured and 90% already in-country. It is instrumental to state that construction activities on both segments are ongoing, while the contractors have completed 400 kilometres of the linear section/mainline welding, representing 68% of Right of Way from Ajaokuta in Kogi State to Kano.
The current management of the NNPC further renegotiated the project cost downwards to $2.5 billion in 2019 with the attendant savings of $300 million, which culminated to a final approval by Federal Executive Council. Concurrent with the financing deal, the NNPC commenced pre-funding the project, which led to the flag-off of the construction by the President on 30th June 2020.
He said, “First of all we are here to thank our crew, our contractors, our staff who are doing everything possible to deliver this project and we are most grateful to them and we appreciate the great work they are doing. “As we speak now, we don’t owe a dollar to our contractors today. We paid all their invoices, there are over 30 sites that are active today in this project, and we are very hopeful that we will deliver this project.”
He added, “Yes, there are challenges like security issues. We have lost men, and we are so sorry to their families. We will continue to share their grieve. But despite this, we have gotten massive support from our government security agencies; the Nigerian army, the Department of State Security Service and all other government agencies to make sure that our workers work firmly and we are also able to continue this project uninterrupted.
He added, “What this means for Nigeria’s gas supply is that these lines will flow two billion SCF of gas. What this means is that you are delivering two billion SCF of gas every day to these lines, power industry, powering gas plants, creating gas-based industries and this is the ultimate objective. When asked what his response will be to those who do not believe in the NNPC’s ability to deliver the project in a timely manner, Kyari replied, “What I will say is that we will shame them. This project will be delivered, we are not scared of their comments.
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