The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline is a 614km-long natural gas pipeline currently being developed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

It is set to be laid between Ajaokuta and Kano in Nigeria and forms phase one of the Trans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline (TNGP) project.

The pipeline project is being implemented via a build and transfer (BT) public-private partnership (PPP) model, which involves the contractor providing 100% of the funding.

The pipeline will cost an estimated $2.8bn and ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for tuesday 30th June.

The project will result in the establishment of a connecting pipeline network between the eastern, western and northern regions of Nigeria.

It also aims to create a steady and guaranteed gas supply network between the northern and southern parts of Nigeria by utilising the country’s widely available gas resources.

NNPC originally announced tenders for the development of the AKK pipeline in July 2013.

A project proposal was submitted to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in June 2017.

The PPP compliance certificate was issued in July 2017 along with the approval of the feasibility study.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) granted approval for the project in December 2017.

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The project will be executed in three phases, with phase one covering the construction of a 200km-long segment between Ajaokuta and Abuja Terminal Gas Station at a cost of $855m.

Phase two will comprise a 193km-long section to be built between Abuja and Kaduna at a cost of approximately $835m.

Phase three will involve the construction of a 221km-long section between the Kaduna terminal gas station (TGS) and Kano TGS. This section will cost an estimated $1.2bn to complete.

No wonder I kept seeing all these trucks carrying huge pipes on my way to Kaduna last week


I just hope and pray it doesn't end up like those abandoned pipes in gwarimpa express way

The project will eventually reach North Africa in subsequent phases.

What will AKK pipeline project do for Nigeria? Great and wonderful things. It will create steady and guaranteed gas supply network between the North and South, and will enhance power generation capacity.

The industrial sector will be strengthened, local usage of gas will be promoted and increased, and the country’s revenue generation boosted through export of natural gas.

Nigeria is ranked the 7th most endowed natural gas country in the world. She sits on about 180 trillion cubic feet of natural gas deposits, which can be utilized as gas to power, gas to petrochemicals, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), among others.

Over the years, Nigeria has exploited its oil resources more, to the detriment of gas, which incidentally fetches more revenue, but is also more expensive to prospect.

While presenting his performance report to the Federal Executive Council recently, Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, spoke extensively about CNG, and what it can do for Nigeria as an alternative to petrol.
He listed the challenges of the oil and gas sector to include; under-recovery, crude theft, insecurity, high cost of production, very low LPG penetration, refineries shutdown, long contracting cycle, among others.

Sylva stressed that the oil and gas sector remains critical to the Nigerian economy, even as we strive to diversify. He identified CNG and LPG penetration as priority.
Said the Minister: “The switch to CNG will help reduce the burden of petrol subsidy on the finances of the country, and government should encourage Nigerians to use CNG as fuel for transportation.”

CNG began as a pilot project in the country in 2006, but target for conversion workshops was not met till 2015. About 4,000 vehicles run on CNG in Benin, Edo State, and it’s about 50% cheaper than petrol.

Vehicles running on CNG, statistics show, save about N1,143 daily, compared with petrol. This amounts to over N30, 000 monthly. The cost of converting the car can thus be recovered within six months.

Gas is cleaner energy, cheaper than petrol, and more friendly to the environment. Global warming will, therefore, be slowed down.
More than 175,000 vehicles run on CNG in America today, and 23 million worldwide. Nigeria will join the number, and boost productivity.

Let's wait for our oyel crew to land

What exactly did the calamitous Poverty Development Party do in their miserable COVID 16 years?

Ordinary gas pipe, they could not build. Even the one Buhari built as a petroleum minister in the 70s, they couldn't maintain it.

abduljabbar4:
Let's wait for our oyel crew to land

Oil they never worked for. Lazy Youths.

This is a stupid, wasteful project that assumes the Northerners will always be able to keep this country together. Whether they like it or not, the dissolution of this fraudulent entity called Nigeria is just a matter of time.

In my honest opinion, this is a senseless project for the simple reason that spending that $2.8billion to build just the pipeline would have built the largest Solar farm in the world(2500MW) right in Kano which could probably supply all of the Electricity needs of North West Nigeria.
There is so much sunlight wasting away in the north it’s a no brainer spending that much to build a pipeline to transport gas from the Niger Delta when gas availability is not even guaranteed.


The current largest Solar Power Station in the world is in Pavagada, India @ 2000MW. It cost $2.1b.
With $2.8bn there is no reason not to do something like that with that kind of money.

If you spend $2.8bn to build a pipeline to pump gas all the way up, you still need to build a gas power plant costing same amount, you also need to ensure maximum security of those pipelines over hundreds of kilometers etc.

A solar plant would have made all the sense a million times more.

PapaBrowne:
In my honest opinion, this is a senseless project for the simple reason that spending that $2.8billion to build just the pipeline would have built the largest Solar farm in the world(2500MW) right in Kano which could probably supply all of the Electricity needs of North West Nigeria.
There is some much sunlight wasting away in the north it’s a no brainer spending that much to build a pipeline to transport gas from the Niger Delta when has availability is not even guaranteed.


The current largest Solar Power Station in the world is in Pavagada, India @ 2000MW. It cost $2.1b. With $2.8, there is no reason not to do something like that with that kind of money.

If you read anything about the Nigeria economic sustainability plan you would know that they want to power over 25 million homes by solar energy by 2023 or 2024 which is almost 5000MW of power, and there is a point in this project because it provides more inter connectivity between all african couturiers which is what we are trying to achieve, and finally 2500MW is not enough to power the whole of north west kaduna alone needs 961MW to power it and that is with 70% connectivity if everyone in Nigeria’s as connected to the grid we would need about 160 000-200 000MW of power depending on consumption.

PapaBrowne:
In my honest opinion, this is a senseless project for the simple reason that spending that $2.8billion to build just the pipeline would have built the largest Solar farm in the world(2500MW) right in Kano which could probably supply all of the Electricity needs of North West Nigeria.
There is some much sunlight wasting away in the north it’s a no brainer spending that much to build a pipeline to transport gas from the Niger Delta when has availability is not even guaranteed.


The current largest Solar Power Station in the world is in Pavagada, India @ 2000MW. It cost $2.1b. With $2.8, there is no reason not to do something like that with that kind of money.

First it availability is more than guranteed. We have 206 trillion of proven gas reserve. Similar project was done for the south west decade(s) ago

Secondly it will be used to power industries in Kano and Kaduna.

Third, the gas is being wasted now. Rather than allowing it to waste away, it will be utilized for something important.

Gradually the pipeline will reach north Africa (morroco) and to Europe.

PapaBrowne:
In my honest opinion, this is a senseless project for the simple reason that spending that $2.8billion to build just the pipeline would have built the largest Solar farm in the world(2500MW) right in Kano which could probably supply all of the Electricity needs of North West Nigeria.
There is some much sunlight wasting away in the north it’s a no brainer spending that much to build a pipeline to transport gas from the Niger Delta when has availability is not even guaranteed.


The current largest Solar Power Station in the world is in Pavagada, India @ 2000MW. It cost $2.1b. With $2.8, there is no reason not to do something like that with that kind of money.

The project is more than just generation of power. It is also the channelling of cheaper gas to industrial and would-be industrial complexes in the north. It is part of the deep infrastructural plans for nigeria- national raillines, national road networks, national waterways, national gas pipelines, national broadband, etc. It is a crucial project that has been on the pipeline for some time now.

I am in support of this project. Hoping it crisscross the whole nation so that industries everywhere will have access to gas which is relatively cheap energy for industries.
In fact, if this is how Buhari plans to do his nepotism, and it actually brings development, i support it.

However, i completely agree with your submisson on solar power.

Fariq:


First it availability is more than guranteed. We have 206 trillion of proven gas reserve. Similar project was done for the south west decade(s) ago

Secondly it will be used to power industries in Kano and Kaduna.

Third, the gas is being wasted now. Rather than allowing it to waste away, it will be utilized for something important.

Gradually the pipeline will reach north Africa (morroco) and to Europe.

Agreed. It is a good project.

Hope it is seen through

JAMO84:
What exactly did the calamitous Poverty Development Party do in their miserable COVID 16 years?

Ordinary gas pipe, they could not build. Even the one Buhari built as a petroleum minister in the 70s, they couldn't maintain it.

Plzz keep your mouth shut!!

The amount of gas pipelines(in the East, West and in SS) built by PDP dwarfs this project.

Dont just talk cos you wanna play sillly politics.

If you were smart, you would know that both parties have failed us more than they have served us. With the current shenanigans of APC even worse

With oil from the south right?
This is the perfect meaning of pipe dream

Let them keep piping ...all from obigbo and ass gas ...to north and Abuja ...while imo and anioma gas power south west ...

Yet some fools would come here and ask what is igbos contribution

When the time comes , same people shouting biafra is land locked and can't have sea port ( as if Nigeria has any sea port even ) and u can only have river ports .....we would just turn off the tabs to this pipeline

Commonsense99:

With oil from the south right?
This is the perfect meaning of pipe dream

Guy it's not a pipe dream, nah real ooo.
Pipes they enter Kaduna in huge numbers

Igbochief001:
Let them keep piping ...all from obigbo and ass gas ...to north and Abuja ...while imo and anioma gas power south west ...

Yet some fools would come here and ask what is igbos contribution

When the time comes , same people shouting biafra is land locked and can't have sea port ( as if Nigeria has any sea port even ) and u can only have river ports .....we would just turn off the tabs to this pipeline

With all your gas self, none of your states can boost of 18hrs of light per day

Even Osun state wey no get gas can boost of 21 - 23hrs of light per day.

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In all the villages, towns and cities not just Osogbo
Amukunmeko Alainironu

pipe dream. Sudan did all these but today they found themselves negotiating a trade deal and BUYING oil from south sudan.

Fariq:


First it availability is more than guranteed. We have 206 trillion of proven gas reserve. Similar project was done for the south west decade(s) ago

Secondly it will be used to power industries in Kano and Kaduna.

Third, the gas is being wasted now. Rather than allowing it to waste away, it will be utilized for something important.

Gradually the pipeline will reach north Africa (morroco) and to Europe.

You mentioned "we have", who are the we ?

You want to use Gas from the NigerDelta and Igboland to power industries in Kaduna and Kano and the gas would be taken for free right ?

Sammy07:


With all your gas self, none of your states can boost of 18hrs of light per day

Even Osun state wey no get gas can boost of 21 - 23hrs of light per day.

Editited
In all the villages, towns and cities not just Osogbo
Amukunmeko Alainironu

Osun can boost that should be shameful ...it means nothing is using the power ...all states in Nigeria get less than 100mw of electricity ...abia had to have extra help even yet it can't match 8 hours light because people are using it

Only states like osun , yobe , and the rest that are unproductive have constant power

Rubbish. It has gotten to southern crude oil...they have quickly gotten all these expensive pipes.

Buying pipes to syphon the oil doesn't waste time. But develop the south na... Dey won't. No good roads but there are good pipelines channeling oil from South to North...fully guarded with military.

Their farmlands, Rivers, destroyed. They don't have money to clean the Rivers but to buy pipes worth millions of dollars is not a problem.

Shame on this country.

I pity the Southerners that are still sleeping...

Mykel51:


You mentioned "we have", who are the we ?

You want to use Gas from the NigerDelta and Igboland to power industries in Kaduna and Kano and the gas would be taken for free right ?

Yes o. Our southern gas is national cake. Meanwhile the diamonds and gold they have found in their region...they are mining and eating the money alone.

We are finished.

Nonybb:
Hausa-Fulani are channeling Southern wealth to power their resourceless God forsaken barren desert north. BUHARI the divider-in-Chief is the chief propagator

Cry me a River.

Na North get this Country.

Buhari is working.

This is the reason why we Igbo's love and support President Buhari. He is a workaholic leader.

North and Buhari no come here come joke at all ooo

Jonathan must be secretly regretting his lootocracy regime, instead of aggressively developing South he stole the money through proxy building useless hotels up and down, now Buhari is using EFCC to collect the money back and seize the assets to develop North

Benefits of this pipeline includes power supply to the North , Industrialisation in the North, Fertiliser plants in the North, reduction of gas flaring, earning of foreign exchange dollars by selling gas to Northern Africa




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Omihanifa:
No wonder I kept seeing all these trucks carrying huge pipes on my way to Kaduna last week

I also saw them in kaduna yesterday.. I saw when they were laying it down

When the country divides,the pipelines will be shut down.