The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) and Nasarawa State goverment have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supply of gas to industries and investors in Nasarawa State.
The MoU for the gas supply to Nasarawa State was signed in Lafia, yesterday at the Nasarawa Business Roundtable Meeting organised to explore investment in opportunities in the gas sector.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule; Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, The Group Executive Director Gas and Power, NNPC Ltd- Mallam Mohammed Abdulkabir Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Axxela- Mr. Bolaji Osunsanya aimed at creating job opportunity to the term unemployment youths in the state.
The NNPC Group Managing Director provided pictorial evidence of the progress made with respect to the AKK Pipeline and emphasized that Nasarawa State is uniquely positioned to maximize value from the AKK Pipeline as well as gas-based business opportunities.
Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of GACN, Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye, said The Gas Supply Collaboration by Nasarawa State government, NNPC Ltd, and GACN has set out a clear framework through which investors and projects in Nasarawa State would access gas immediately via Virtual Pipeline Solutions (CNG & LNG), ahead of th completion of the AKK Pipeline project.
