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Nigeria’s AKK gas pipeline to supply Abuja before end-2026

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The AKK pipeline, a project of the Nigerian oil company NNPC, aims for a first gas delivery to Abuja before the end of 2026, to supply power plants, factories and data centres. Kaduna and Kano are to receive gas by 2027, according to Bayo Ojulari, chief executive of NNPC Ltd cited by Premium Times; manufacturers in Kano are at the same time protesting, according to the same outlet.

Bayo Ojulari, chief executive of NNPC Ltd, the state-owned Nigerian oil company, has revealed that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline will deliver gas to Abuja for the first time before the end of 2026, according to Premium Times.

This initial supply is intended to feed electricity generation, factories, data centres and industrial hubs. Kaduna and Kano are due to receive gas by 2027.

Premium Times also reports that the commissioning of the pipeline comes as manufacturers in Kano are protesting.

This announcement follows shortly after the report that the AKK pipeline is 95% complete, reported by NNPC the previous day.

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