Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has urged contractors handling the Obrikom, Obiafo and Oben (OB3) gas pipeline project to ensure its completion by December this year. He stated this, yesterday, during a tour of the 48 × 1.8km gas pipeline project designed to run across the River Niger, conveying gas from the South-South and South-East to the South West and the Ajaokuta, Kano and Kaduna (AKK) Project, among others.
Minister of State Petroleum Resources , Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has urged contractors handling the Obrikom, Obiafo and Oben gas pipeline project to ensure its completion by December this year.
In a statement obtained by Vanguard, the spokesperson to Minister of State Petroleum Resources , Louis Ibah, said Ekpo was accompanied on the tour by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources , Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPL, Mr. Mele Kyari, and other top officials of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, NNPCL and regulatory agencies.
He said: “Nigerians are waiting for this project. Mr. President is passionate about gasifying Nigeria, and this is also my mission as a minister. The withdrawal of fuel subsidy has been causing problems in the country, but if we get this project right the pressure will come down.
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