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GOVERNOR Muhammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has said that the federal government is planning to commence gas export to Morocco. Governor Abubakar, who is also chairman, Presidential Committee on Fertiliser Initiative, said the plan will include signing an agreement with other nations who may need the natural resource along the Sub-Sahara region to the final destination country.
He made this known when Thomas Etuh, president, Fertiliser Producer and Suppliers Association of Nigeria, FEPSAN, paid him a courtesy visit, during the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative tour in Dutse. “The Sahara gas pipeline is a project we are planning to transport gas from here down to Morocco, then passing through so many countries and opening up use of gas in those countries across sub-Sahara,” he said.
Asked if the new project will affect the initial agreement on the supply of phosphate from Morocco, the chairman explained that, “the supply of the raw material for fertiliser blending was a different agreement solely on agriculture. The supply of phosphate for fertiliser blending is a different agreement and the trans-Sahara pipeline is another project.”
The governor added that about 4000 tonnes of fertiliser have been procured for distribution in the state.
“It is always good if there is the need for legislation. But this is purely a business venture. I don’t believe it requires legislation. We will do whatever agreement expected of us according to the Nigerian law and the government of Morocco will do theirs. The countries that our pipelines will pass across, we will also use our gas and agree with us according to their rule. I don’t believe there is any special legislation for us to sell our product.”
— Mar 27, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT
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