ECOWAS countries are joining the Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic African Gas Pipeline project

The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hosted on Sunday 19 July 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the signing of the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) governing the development of the Nigeria-Morocco African Atlantic Gas Pipeline (AAGP), a nearly 6,800 kilometers energy infrastructure that will transport natural gas from Nigeria to Morocco, before connecting to the European gas network.

The signing marks the endorsement by the ECOWAS Member States of the Nigeria-Morocco African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, an initiative launched by His Majesty King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, and former Nigerian President, the late Muhammadu Buhari, with the continued support of current President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The project is being jointly developed by Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.).

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The agreement paves the way for the next implementation phase, which will notably include the establishment of the Project Company, to be headquartered in Casablanca, as well as the Pipeline Higher Authority, whose headquarters are planned for Abuja, ahead of the mobilization of investors and the preparation of the Final Investment Decision (FID).

The final stage will be marked by a dedicated ceremony to be held subsequently in the Kingdom of Morocco, during which the Kingdom of Morocco and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania will jointly sign the Agreement, in the presence of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Once completed, the Gas pipeline will cross thirteen countries along Africa’s Atlantic coast and connect to the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline in northern Morocco.

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