The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Natural Gas Pipeline Project (AKKP) has reached 73.3 per cent completion stage, the Group Executive Director, Gas and Power, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Abdulkadir Ahmad, said yesterday.
The project was okayed by the Federal Government to ferry natural gas from Ajaokuta, Kogi State, to Kano, Kano State.
Ahmed stated this at the lecture by the Kaduna Chapter of Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSCHE) in honour of the Emir of Lere in Kaduna State, Suleiman Umaru.
Ahmad, represented by the General Manager, Commercial, Nigeria Gas Company Limited, Emmanuel Ibokwuwe, spoke on: “Nigeria gas master plan and opportunities for the Northern states.”
According to him, the immense opportunities are that Kaduna will have access to 900 megawatts of power generated by the time the AKKP is completed, and also have enormous access to gas that can support the springing up of industries and petrochemical plants.