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NNPC Inaugurates Gas Pipeline Committee
The Nigerian National Pe
troleum Corporation (NNPC) has inaugurated a steering committee to ensure the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project.
The project which was approved under the National Gas Master Plan by the Federal Executive Council, is designed to transport gas for power and manufacturing industry usage to the key northern axis from Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano.
At the inauguration of the committee, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dawha, described the assignment as a national priority project which is one of the cardinal programmes of the transformation agenda of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
He said while progress is being made in the execution of the adjoining OB3 gas pipeline project as well as the looping of the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS), implementation of the project is slow and out of sync with government’s desire for accelerated implementation.
“In order to strengthen this critical government national priority project and have it refocused for accelerated implementation, there is the compelling need for the establishment of a dedicated AKK project steering team with clear governance structure,” the GMD said.
The project steering committee comprises the GMD NNPC as chairman with the Group Executive Directors of Gas and Power, Exploration and Production as well as Commercial and Investment as members.