The Senate Committee on Gas has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the various gas development projects it had undertaken, especially the Ajaokuta- Kaduna- Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project.
Speaking during the 2021 Budget Defense and Performance Appraisal meeting with officials of the Corporation, the chairman of the Committee, James Manager, expressed satisfaction with the various gas development projects embarked upon by the NNPC despite the impact of Covid-19 on the oil and gas industry, saying, “We are proud of the AKK and some of your other projects.”
He said the interface between the committee and the NNPC would have been more frequent but for the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Speaking earlier during a presentation, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, who was represented by the chief operating officer, Gas and Power, Engr. Yusuf Usman, attributed the success of the Corporation in the gas sector to the support and cooperation of the Committee and the entire legislature.
According to him, “We have significant gas in the network currently, but the challenge however, is transmission.”
On the AKK pipeline project, Engr. Usman told the lawmakers that it was designed to supply 2 billion cubic feet of gas per day (2bcfd), stressing that it would be the primary source of gas for the power plants currently being developed in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano.
