- Nigeria will soon begin exportation of gas to Morocco
- Other countries along the sub-Saharan region region may also benefit from this new deal
- Nigeria also has an agricultural deal with Morocco
Nigeria is expected to begin the exportation of gas to Morocco and other countries along the sub-Saharan region.
The
nation reports that the chairman of the Presidential Committee on
Fertiliser Initiative, Muhammed Abubakar, disclosed this on Tuesday,
March 14 when the president of Fertiliser Producer and Suppliers
Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN), Mr Thomas Etuh, paid him a courtesy
visit during the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative tour in Dutse.
Abubakar
who is also the governor of Jigawa explained that 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 said: “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 was asked if this would affect
the initial agreement on the supply of phosphate from Morocco but
responded that it was a different deal entirely.
“The supply of phosphate for fertiliser blending is a different agreement and the trans-Sahara pipeline is another project.”
The
governor said it was unnecessary to push for any law even though he
acknowledged that legislations for agriculture were good.
“It
is always good if there is the need for legislation. But this is purely
a business venture. I don’t believe it requires a 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,”
Etuh
applauded the committee but lamented the fertiliser firms downgrading
the quality of the locally-processed fertiliser for their own gain.
He said: “Today,
farmers are getting fertiliser at N5,500. The war has not stopped. You
will hear complaints that the quality of fertiliser is not good. They
wanted it bad for their own interest. Meanwhile, farmers are not
complaining,”
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