NIGERIA The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Alhaji Mele Kyari, stated that the construction of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project is currently at 15% completion. The project is presently crossing the river Niger, through the Ndoni-Aboh river crossing in Rivers and Delta states which will deliver gas from the eastern part to the country into the western corridor according to the GMD. Alhaji Kyari further stated that the NNPC has the assurances of the government on the delivery of this transnational gas pipeline project, which will create a major gas trunkline for gas delivery to the domestic market.