Sierra Leone is part of a mammoth plan of benefitting from a 25 billion USD gas pipeline that will travel from Nigeria to Morocco with a further extension to Spain.

Architects are saying that the pipeline will stretch a massive 4,350 miles passing through 11 countries along the Atlantic coast from Nigeria. These countries include Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Morocco.

They estimated that the construction work could take years before completion with a capacity of 10 cubic metres each year.

Nigeria, which has the 9th largest proven gas reserve in the world is looking to reach the European markets with ease.

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This project, if brought to fruition, could create jobs for the local Sierra Leonean population and experience for engineers in the country as they also intend to start explorations for oil off the Pujehun coast in the next couple of years.