The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has disclosed that the Ajaokuta-KadunaKano (AKK) gas pipeline project is now 72 percent completed.
Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Bayo Ojulari, disclosed this yesterday at the 2025 edition of the Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (OLEF) held in Abuja.
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The GCEO who was represented by the Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mr. Udobong Ntia, restated the company’s commitment to leveraging technology and local content development to drive Nigeria’s energy transition.
He said: “In alignment with Nigeria’s energy transition plan, which seeks to achieve net zero emissions by 2060, NNPC Limited has initiated several gas-led transition programs. These include the expansion of our Autogas program targeting over one million vehicles by 2026, and the completion of critical backbone infrastructure like the AKK pipeline, which is about 72% complete as we speak. We are targeting the first quarter of 2026 to have that fully delivered.”
Ojulari noted that energy security for Nigeria’s over 200 million citizens remains non-negotiable, adding that NNPC is contributing to the nation’s power mix through projects such as the 1 gigawatt BiIPP-JV phases one and two, 650 megawatts from the FarmJV, and a 50-megawatt emergency power plant in Maiduguri.
