ECOWAS endorses Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline framework 

With the endorsement of the intergovernmental agreement in Freetown, the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline has moved beyond its original bilateral framework and is increasingly emerging as a regional West African development project with significant implications for energy security, economic integration and industrial growth across the continent.

ECOWAS presidents, Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have endorsed the legal and institutional framework for the Nigeria-Morocco African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, marking a major step towards the realization of one of Africa’s largest energy infrastructure projects.

The endorsement followed the signing of an intergovernmental agreement during an ECOWAS Summit in Freetown on Sunday, providing broader regional political support for the proposed 6,800-kilometre pipeline that will transport Nigerian natural gas along Africa’s Atlantic coast to Morocco, with the potential to supply European markets.