…asks Brentex CPP Ltd to forward communication with NNPCL on $1.27 billion component of the project.
By Our Correspondent
The Senate on Tuesday took a critical looked at the execution of $2.8billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project by Brentex CPP Limited.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (KogiCentral), specifically took up management of Brentex CPP Limited on delay in execution of the $1.27 billion stations component of the contract during an interactive session with them.
In his submission, the Chairman of Btentex CPP Limited, Sani Abubakar told to the committee that the contract will be completed and delivered in May 2025 as scheduled, but hinted that of the delay in the execution of the $1.27billiin component of the contracts is the attempt being made by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), to “descope” that component of the contract”.
“NNPCL has written us that they are descoping the $1.27billion stations (TGS) component of the contract and we have been in discussion with them for the past eighteen months.
“So, the delay on execution of the contract is not from us, but from NNPCL”, he said.
But the Chairman of the Committee in her response, told the Brentex Chief Executive that based on information at her disposal disposal, NNPCL is making the move to take the stations component of the contract from Brentex for delay in execution.
“Should I tell you, you are refusing to mention something. The reason why NNPCL is considering descoping that is that , they are not satisfied with the pace of work.
“Let’s be very honest, they said the supposed to be completed in 2022, it wasn’t completed and they gave you first extension to 2023 and even recently extended again, to complete everything by May, 2025.
“To the very best of every stakeholders’ knowledge, the stations are in your control because it still makes part of the $1.27billion, as you said and the only person delaying is you.
Consequently, to sum it up, she asked Brentex to “just submit every correspondence between your company and NNPCL.
“If they have written to you to descope, let us see that letter because I’m very sure, NNPCL must have stated in such letter that if you do not complete by so, so , we will take away this. They won’t just say we are descoping”.
