Musbau Babatunde
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited,says it has so far spent over $1.1billion on the construction of Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline and Stations Project .
The project was flagged off 30th June 2020.
It reassured stakeholders that the project is well on course and will deliver on schedule,the company said in a statement.
It added:”Since the flag-off of the project by His Excellency, the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2020, we have recorded significant feats and we are pleased to update the nation that the project is well on course to deliver on schedule.
“Overall Engineering Design for the linear section of the two segments of the project stands at 93.48%. The Overall Procurement for the linear section for the two segments is at 88%.94% of the total line pipes have been manufactured and 90% already in-country.
“Construction activities on both segments are ongoing. We have completed 400km of the linear section/mainline welding, representing 68% of ROW from Ajaokuta in Kogi state to Kano.
“Also, on-going are several special constructions like Direct Pipe Installation (DPI) across the River Niger in Kogi state and other Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) across River Robo, Pai and Shika River in Zaria, Kaduna State.
“Also, several back-end activities have commenced including field joint coating, trenching and lowering, temporary cathodic protection and talks of pre-commissioning of some sections have equally commenced” .
The scope of work for the Project, according to NNPC, includes the construction of a 40″ × 614KM linear section from Ajaokuta in Kogi State traversing FCT, Niger and Kaduna States and terminating in Kano as well as 24″ × 15KM Spur Line to Abuja Terminal Gas Station. It also includes the construction of Four (4) Terminal Gas Stations, 22 Block Valve Stations, Intermediate Pigging Stations with other ancillary facilities.
