The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited will today sign a memorandum of understanding with Morocco with supervision from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a 7,000-kilometre gas pipeline project from Nigeria.
NNPC said this in a statement, citing its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari.
He said he stated this when he visited the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, in Abuja.
The visit, according to NNPCL, was in line with Federal Government’s mandate to drive the execution of the Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) project.
It also said: “The visit was in preparation of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NNPCL, Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) of Morocco and the ECOWAS on September 15, 2022 in Rabat, Morocco.”
