The President of Ghana, John Mahama today reached an agreement with
the government of Nigeria represented by NNPC GMD Ibe Kachiukwu, to pay
off the N33.8 billion owed Nigeria from the gas supply provided by a
Nigerian gas company, N-Gas, the main supplier of gas to Ghana’s Volta
River Authority through the West African Gas Pipeline.
The N-Gas buys gas from NNPC and transports it to its customers in
Benin, Togo and Ghana. The N-Gas had recently threatened to cut gas
supply by 70% to Ghana’s main power generation company due to unpaid
debts of $181m (33.8bn).