Nigeria approves proposal for gas pipeline project to Morocco

STORY: Nigeria approves proposal for gas pipeline project to Morocco DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of council members preparing for meeting 2. various of the arrival of the vice president of Nigeria at council meeting 3. various of meeting 4. file footage of oil gas pipelines being laid by construction workers 5. SOUNDBITE (English): TIMIPRE SYLVA, Minister of state for petroleum resources STORYLINE: The Nigerian government on Wednesday approved a proposal for the construction of a gas pipeline connecting Nigeria and Morocco. Nigeria's Federal Executive Council at a weekly meeting approved a proposal presented by the ministry of petroleum resources and directed the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the project, said Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, at a press briefing in Abuja. Sylva said t