Nigeria 's state oil company is betting on a long-delayed gas pipeline to ignite an industrial revolution in the country's north, its chief executive said after briefing President Bola Tinubu on Sunday.
Bashir Ojulari, Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, told reporters that the company has completed welding the main line of the 2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano AKK pipeline, including the critical River Niger crossing - a feat that has stalled progress for years. The milestone clears the way for connecting the pipeline early next year, a move Ojulari says will "bring gas in its full form into the northern part of Nigeria."
"This is not just about energy," Ojulari said. "It's about industrialisation - fertiliser plants, power generation, and gas-based industries in Kaduna, Kano, Abuja, and Ajaokuta. We expect to see industrial parks spring up."
