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President Buhari, King Mohammed VI Confirm Warming Morocco-Nigeria Ties

King Mohammed VI held a telephone conversation yesterday, January 31, with President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, a statement from Morocco’s Royal Cabinet announced.

During the call, the two heads of state welcomed the positive dynamic that bilateral relations between Morocco and Nigeria have witnessed since 2016.

They recalled King Mohammed VI’s visit to Nigeria in December 2016, which marked the beginning of a new page in bilateral ties, as well as Buhari’s visit to Morocco in June 2018, which confirmed the new momentum.

The two leaders expressed their common determination to pursue and materialize their strategic joint projects, notably the creation of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, as well as a Moroccan fertilizer plant in Nigeria.

The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in West Africa.

When finalized, the pipeline would cover a 5,660-kilometer-long route, contouring the Atlantic coast from Lagos, in southwestern Nigeria, to Tangier, in northern Morocco. It would carry natural gas from Nigeria through 11 West African countries, up to Morocco and Spain.

The project was first announced on the sidelines of King Mohammed VI’s visit to Nigeria in 2016. Morocco’s National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) signed an agreement on the project in 2017.

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