By Danliti Ibrahim

Brentex Petroleum Services Ltd/China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co Ltd (CPP), one of the consortia executing the Federal Government’s Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project has pledged to deliver the project on schedule and within cost.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Brentex/CPP Consortium, Mr. Sani Abubakar made this pledge during an inspection visit by the Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva; and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari.

Receiving the two ministers and the GMD at the BrentexCPP Line Pipe Stackyard in Dankande, Kaduna area of Kaduna State on Tuesday, Abubakar said the Consortium has increased the momentum of work on its segment of the project.

“We know the significance of this project to the Federal Government in terms of creating jobs, powering the economy, and engendering the nation’s industrialization. We assure Nigerians that we will live up to our billing by delivering the project on time and within cost.

Abubakar said in line with the Consortium Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy, it has decided to build a pipeline academy that will afford Nigerians – and other Africans – the opportunity to learn about welding and other pipeline construction operations.

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“We shall have three project camp facilities along the Niger-Kaduna-Kano corridor of the AKK Gas Pipeline Project. One is located here in Dankande, Kaduna another one will be just after Zaria and the third one will be just by the AKK Terminal Gas Station in Kano,” Abubakar noted.

According to him, during the construction phase of the project, there will be activities stretching the pipeline construction to the extent of 50kms either side of operations.

“At the end of the day, we shall arrive at the 316kms of 40-inch gas pipeline connecting the project at SarkinPawa in Niger State and delivering gas to Kaduna all the way to Kano,” he added.

The AKK Gas Pipeline project is expected to be completed in 24 months.