Following a dispute with Russia, the European Union has decided to sign a gas supply contract with Nigeria.
Following the 27-member political and economic bloc’s condemnation of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Moscow has stopped supplying gas to the rest of Europe.
This was said by Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General, Department for Energy, European Commission in Brussels, at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
In the upcoming days, senior government officials and representatives of the private sector are anticipated to meet with members of the EU delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Baldwin said the EU hoped to kick-start the partnership by the end of August, adding that it would create a long term partnership with Nigeria.
He said: “In summary, I am on a mission from Europe to try to deliver Liquefied Natural Gas today in the context of the NLNG partnership tomorrow with Nigeria.
“Europe is in a tight spot in relations to gas, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the instability in our gas market and the threat of cutting off supply altogether.
“So, we have launched the energy platform task force and the primary goal is to reach out to our reliable partners such as Nigeria to replace the gas from Russia with gas from reliable partners.”
