West African Gas Pipeline reports 22% rise in supply
The pipeline's regulator briefed the region's new infrastructure commissioner. The line was set up by Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo to supply power stations.
Abuja — Gas deliveries through the West African Gas Pipeline have risen by 22% compared with previous years, the head of the authority that regulates it has told the regional bloc's new commissioner for infrastructure and energy.
Chafari Kanya Hanawa, director general of the West African Gas Pipeline Authority, gave the figure during a visit with her senior directors to Amin Amidu Sulemani, the ECOWAS commissioner for infrastructure, energy and digitalisation. The statement does not say which period the comparison covers.
What the pipeline is
The idea of a regional gas line goes back to an ECOWAS decision in 1982. The leaders of Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo signed the treaty establishing it in 2003, and gas began to flow commercially in 2011. Its purpose is to supply power stations in the region.
Ms Hanawa briefed the commissioner on its history, how it is governed and what it does.
What was said
Mr Sulemani stressed the place of natural gas in the region's energy mix and called for cooperation to bring West Africa's energy markets closer together. He promised his support for the authority's work.
The authority, for its part, undertook to keep working with his office to strengthen the role of gas in the region.
The meeting was a courtesy call, and the statement announces no new investment or expansion.
Source: ECOWAS, 12 October 2026.
