Despite the dispute, Morocco claims the Nigeria pipeline is on schedule.
Following Madrid's plan to supply gas to Morocco in a reverse flow through a pipeline that connects Spain and Morocco, Algeria threatened to cut off its gas supply to Spain if any of it ended up in another nation.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Amid a dispute with Algeria and Spain, a Moroccan government spokeswoman claims a pipeline project with Nigeria is "on schedule."
Mustapha Baitas, a Moroccan official news agency, said the project was proceeding in line with both countries' leaders' visions.
He described the endeavor as part of the two countries' "strategic cooperation."
The comments come in the wake of a recent spat between Spain and Algeria over gas deliveries to Morocco.
Following Madrid's plan to supply gas to Morocco in a reverse flow through a pipeline that connects Spain and Morocco, Algeria threatened to cut off its gas supply to Spain if any of it ended up in another nation.
In recent months, tensions between Morocco and Algeria have risen.
The two countries' relationship has long been strained, particularly over the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
According to MAP, the Moroccan king and the Nigerian president began the Morocco-Nigeria gas project, and a collaboration agreement was signed in May 2017.
