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Nigeria, Morocco Sign Regional Gas Pipeline, Chemical Plant, Agric Training Agreements

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, King of Morocco, Mohammed VI look on while the representatives of both countries sign agreement.

Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco have signed three agreements, which includes a regional gas pipeline that will see Nigeria providing gas to countries in West Africa sub-region that extend to Morocco and Europe.

The signing of the agreements today, Monday in Rabat, Morocco, followed a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and King of Morocco, His Majesty King Mohammed V1. They focused on strengthening economic relations in gas resource development, global investments and agricultural training and management.

A statement by the Nigerian Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu said that the feasibility study of the agreement on the pipeline, which was signed by the Group General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Farouq Said Garba, and Mrs. Amina Benkhadra, Director General of the National Office of Hydrocarbon and Mines, will be concluded by July 2018.

The statement said that the construction of the pipeline will be phased and based on increasing needs of the countries crossed, and Europe, for the period of 25 years.

The Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP), designed to be 5,660km long, will reduce gas flaring in Nigeria and encourage diversification of energy resources in the country, while cutting down poverty through the creation of more job opportunities.

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The NMGP will further encourage utilisation of gas in the sub-region for cooking, and discourage desertification.

The statement said that at the signing ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Authority, Uche Orji and the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of the Management of Phosphate in Morocco, Mostafa Terrab signed a Memorandom of Understanding for the development of a chemical plant in Nigeria for producing ammonia and its derivatives.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh and his Moroccan counterpart, Mr Aziz Akhannouch, signed a cooperation agreement on vocational training and technical supervision, which will enhance skills on better management of agricultural outfits in Nigeria.

President Buhari, who was received by a large crowd from the airport to the Rabat Royal Palace, assured the King of Morocco of Nigeria’s full commitment to the actualization of all the agreements signed.