$25bn budget for gas pipeline project to Nigeria – Middle East Monitor

The budget for the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project, which will run from Nigeria to Morocco, exceeds $25 billion, Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition, Leila Benali, said yesterday.

The minister noted that the pipeline will help deliver energy to approximately 400 million people in 13 countries.

Addressing the House of Councillors, Benali asserted that the project would drive economic, industrial and digital development, generate jobs and strengthen…