The Federal Republic of Nigeria
and the Kingdom of Morocco on Monday in Rabat, Morocco, signed three
agreements, which include a regional gas pipeline that will see Nigeria
providing gas to countries in West Africa sub-region that extend to Morocco and
Europe.
The signing of the agreements,
witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari and King of Morocco, His Majesty King
Mohammed V1, followed a meeting between the two African leaders that focused on
strengthening economic relations in gas resource development, global
investments and agricultural training and management.
Presidential spokesman, Garba
Shehu, in a statement, said the feasibility study of the agreement on the
pipeline, which was signed by the Group General Manager, Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Farouq Said Garba, and Mrs Amina Benkhadra,
Director General of the National Office of Hydrocarbon and Mines, will be
concluded by July 2018.
The construction of the pipeline
will be phased and based on increasing needs of the countries crossed, and
Europe, for the period of 25 years.
The Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline
(NMGP), designed to be 5,660km long, will reduce gas flaring in Nigeria and
encourage diversification of energy resources in the country, while cutting
down poverty through the creation of more job opportunities.
The NMGP will further encourage
utilisation of gas in the sub-region for cooking, and discourage
desertification.
At the ceremony, the Chief
Executive Officer and Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Authority,
Mr Uche Orji and the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of the Management of
Phosphate in Morocco, Mr Mostafa Terrab signed a Memorandom of Understanding
for the development of a chemical plant in Nigeria for producing ammonia and
its derivatives.
The Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh and his Moroccan counterpart, Mr Aziz
Akhannouch, signed a cooperation agreement on vocational training and technical
supervision, which will enhance skills on better management of agricultural
outfits in Nigeria.
President Buhari, who was
received by a large crowd from the airport to the Rabat Royal Palace, assured
the King of Morocco of Nigeria’s full commitment to the actualisation of all
the agreements signed.
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