The Nigerian government has called for collaboration with the World Economic Forum on the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline (AAGP) in a bid to connect Nigeria to Morocco and other African countries, as well as the recharging of Lake Chad to address the global food security crisis and other existential threats.
The Vice President Kashim Shettima, made the call at a bilateral meeting with the President of the World Economic Forum Mr. Borge Brende, on the sidelines of the ongoing annual meeting of the WEF in Davos, Switzerland.
He also called for collaboration to foster economic development and growth in the country and across the African continent.
Speaking on the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, Shettima said Nigeria will be in a vantage position to leverage the WEF platform to develop the gas project and address the geopolitical challenges in Europe and the growing demand for energy driven by artificial intelligence, data mining, and storage.
Describing Nigeria as a gas nation than an oil nation, he said that because of Nigeria’s population, there was need for her to take care of the young men and women; a 16.9 average , or risk being taken care of us in the next 10 or 20 years down the line.
On Lake Chad, the Vice President said that the county wants to use the global platform to recharge the Lake Chad to help successfully generate clean energy and a significant amount of hydropower annually.
Shettima said there would be a canal of 2,400 kilometres that would change the agricultural landscape of the sub-region and address the food security crisis facing the global community.
