The $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) natural gas pipeline project being constructed by the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and its partners, is now 43 percent completed, the President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
The President said this while speaking at the ongoing 2023 Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja, themed: ‘Global Perspective for a Sustainable Energy Future’.
In his remarks, the President said this project would help generate 3.6 gigawatts of electricity, and provide support for gas based industries.
Buhari who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said upon his assumption of office in 2015, the energy sector was not in a good position and suffered numerous challenges which his administration addressed gradually.
Highlighting some of his administration’s achievements, he said his administration combatted the issue of funding and sensitised the oil and gas sector, passed the Petroleum Industry Act, (PIA), and is committed to the net-zero emission goal, etc.
