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FG to Expedite Action on West African Gas Pipeline Project
From Juliana Taiwo in Abuja, 09.11.2007


President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday assured visiting Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe that his administration would expedite action on the West African Gas Pipeline Project and ensure its completion in the shortest possible time in order to solve the energy problems being experienced by Togo and other neighbouring countries.
He also assured that Nigeria would continue to play a leading role in promoting peace and political stability in the West African sub-region.
He gave the assurance while speaking at bilateral talks with a Togolese government delegation led by President Gnassingbe.
While responding to concerns raised by his Togolese counterpart, Yar’Adua assured that his administration would do everything within its powers to ensure that the relative peace now existing in the sub-region is maintained and built upon.
“We must not allow fresh disruptions of the peace in West Africa,” he said.
He also reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to the co-prosperity zone established with Togo and Benin Republic, adding that he expected the next summit of the group to, among other things, adopt a coordinated approach to curb the illegal traffic in small arms within the zone.
Speaking earlier, President Gnasssingbe thanked Yar’Adua for the warm and brotherly reception accorded his delegation, and spoke of his desire to build on the cordial relationship between Togo and Nigeria established under his father, the late Gnassingbe Eyadema.

He told President Yar’Adua that Togo expected the West African Gas Pipeline to boost its power supply and would welcome its early completion.