The President Bola Tinubu-led administration on Tuesday announced that the $700m Obiafu/Obrikom/Oben gas pipeline, popularly called OB3 which commenced under the Buhari administration in 2016, would be completed in March, 2024
Special Assistant to Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, made this known on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday, February 28.
He wrote: “Yesterday, President Tinubu’s administration announced that the $700m Obiafu/Obrikom/Oben gas pipeline, popularly called OB3, would be completed in March 2024, a project that commenced under the Buhari’s administration in 2016.
“The Obiafu/Obrikom/Oben (OB3) is a vital piece of gas infrastructure for the supply of feedstock to the AKK pipeline. It is among the biggest gas transmission systems in both Nigeria and Africa.
“The estimated cost for constructing the OB3 gas pipeline, also known as the East-West, is $700m.
“It connects the Obiafu-Obrikom gas plant near Omuku, Rivers State, to Oben, Edo State, and is to transport two billion standard cubic feet of gas per day.”