The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday said the country was looking beyond the Niger Delta in its effort to find alternative source for gas supply.

Mr Kachikwu disclosed this at a breakout session at the ongoing Nigerian Gas Association 11th International Conference and Exhibition in Abuja.

The minister was represented by his technical adviser, upstream and gas, Gbite Adeniji.

He said that the federal government was serious about taking gas to the Northern region of the country, through the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano( AKK) gas pipeline project, so as to address the huge economic challenges witnessed in the region.

The minister stated that the country could no longer tolerate a situation where 11 power plants across the country would be forced to shut down, once there was disruption in gas supply through the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS).

“As a government, you want to ensure that you have robustness in supply sources and robustness on delivery system. The position we have taken is that we have to look at as many options as possible in terms of supply sources.

“Today, we are very dependent on gas supply from the Niger Delta. The policy position is that we have to look at other terrains to see what is possible. We have discovered huge amount of gas resources in the offshore.

“Hence, the statement made earlier on that we must ensure that by the end of this quarter, we settle the issues of the contractual framework that would help us unlock those gas resources, so that we have optionality.

“It just does not do well that once the ELPS goes down, 11 power plants and many industrial enterprises also go down with it. That is not the system. A huge part of investment in there, but the reality of our life in Nigeria is that it goes down with them. The planning is that we have to create options to the ELPS for Lagos.”

Mr Kachikwu listed the strategic importance of the AKK pipeline project.



He noted that the key was to ensure that the project was delivered in a manner that gives confidence to the upstream that there was viable anchor project to keep it going.

According to him, until the AKK pipeline comes on stream, the country must look at the possibility of alternative gas supplies into the Northern region and into other stranded gas markets in the country.

“Let us focus a bit on Northern Nigeria, which is facing quadruple whammy, which is what I would call it today. It is significantly de-industrialized; there is deforestation going on; there is desertification going on; then the population is booming.

“Cheap access to energy sources is a big solution to these problems on Northern Nigeria, which is the key essence of the AKK project,” he said.
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Kanti barau please where in the north precisely

We should turn away from self deceit

sarrki:
Kanti barau please where in the north precisely

We should turn away from self deceit

True talk

Where in the North?

Good development

He has fought corruption, let him rest and let us get another person to fight poverty.

Nice development

They’ve been targeting north since time immemorial

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I will be so Happy if they can find at least one place in the North!

Let Another Digging start!!










GOD ALMIGHTY is not a Man!!
The fact that the North has not been able to locate one point of oil or gas is not Ordinary!!

When we stop all the Manipulations going on in the Country, GOD HIMSELF who owns the Resources will open all eyes to see where they are!!

When a Man Fights against u, you call GOD to Help! When GOD Fights u, who do you Call?

Ok... A nice development

nice one

that's good

Good development. Sai Buhari!

Buhari...& His crew should keep fooling themselves.....
Wetin God no give una.....keep searching...

anyhow

Why dont you work on the promised Kaduna refinery which is in your manifesto first before looking for another white elephant project..

So they want to channel gas from ss,se(biafra) to north. its ok.

The North is a barren and cursed land populated with Gworo chewing, sheep fvcking,head slamming backward terrorists. No amount of exploration will produce tangible result

Focus on the Niger Delta and develop the region.

Another scam for N510bn to be allocated to Emirs and Herdsmen of Fulani supremacist to share in the name of Oil Exploration in the North..,,

There is no Oil or Gas in the North.......and Never Will..!

Hmm..

sarrki:
Kanti barau please where in the north precisely

We should turn away from self deceit

They have to promose almajiris something indirectly and make them vote in those who will make the north too have gas.

I would have expected government energy policy in the North would be massive investment in solar energy ... let every region harness its comparative advantage to the overall benefit of the nation.

Senseless

Buhari has come again

After wasting billions of dollars that came from ND searching for crude oil in a dead/desert zone up north yet they still not satisfied

Buhari wants to finish this country before returning to daura. It's time we all march to aso rock and shut the country down

These guys have taken they southerners for a ride for too long

What kind of nonsense is this, can't imagine what APC would have said if it was during GEJ's era. Buhari is a fool

ooh...... great.

God blessed the South with Crude Oil and Human Resources.

Allah blessed the North with Boko Haram & Fulani Herdsmen.

Cumtroller:
The North is a barren and cursed land populated with Gworo chewing, sheep fvcking,head slamming backward terrorists. No amount of exploration will produce tangible result

Focus on the Niger Delta and develop the region.

Yet u want the northerners to vote for Atiku and Obi with this your hatred. Obi don become VP finish

Okay
Focus on solar energy as well.

Again?
How much did Buhari wasted searching for non existent oil in the north. We no hear any results till today.
Now e wan start again