The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to inaugurate the construction of the Ajaokuta - Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline in Kogi State and in Rigachikun, Kaduna State.

According to a tweet by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the ceremony would hold virtually on Tuesday.

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The corporation also stated that the construction phase of the AKK pipeline would go ahead simultaneously with the inauguration by the president.

The AKK gas pipeline is a project designed to facilitate the development of three gas-based independent power plants in Abuja, 1,350 megawatts; Kaduna, 900 MW; and Kano, 1,350 MW.

The NNPC noted that being a section of the Trans Nigeria Gas Pipeline, the AKK gas pipeline had the capacity to transport about 2.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day.