OB3 Gas Pipeline Project: Ekpo Tasks Contractors On December Deadline

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has urged contractors handling the Obrikom, Obiafo and Oben (OB3) gas pipeline project to ensure its completion by December this year.
Ekpo stated this during a tour of the 48 × 1.8km gas pipeline project designed to run across the River Niger, conveying gas from the South-South and South-East to the South West and the Ajaokuta, Kano and Kaduna (AKK) Project, among others.
In a statement signed by the spokesperson to the Minister, Louis Ibah, and made available to newsmen, Ekpo stated that the December 2023 deadline would greatly enhance the Federal Government’s aspiration of making gas available to all nooks and crannies of the country as well as addressing some of the challenges associated with the removal of fuel subsidy.
He told the officials of Enikkom and HDD Thailand, the joint venture contractors handling the project, that “Nigerians are waiting for this project. Mr. President (His Excellency, Bola Tinubu), is passionate about gasifying Nigeria, and this is also my mission as a minister.
“The withdrawal of fuel subsidy has been causing problems in the country, but if we get this project right the pressure will come down.
“When that is done, it will go a long way in easing doing business in Nigeria and forex will come into the country. So, I implore you all to be intentional, committed and passionate about this project completion deadline”, he stated.
He described the project as a game changer, saying its inauguration would boost the quest to provide enough gas for domestic  needs, and commended the contractors and others involved in the project
Earlier in his speech, the NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari, assured that the project would be completed by the end of the year, stating that most of the initial challenges had been identified and surmounted by the contractors.