The federal government has insisted that it wasn’t in breach of any part of the treaty setting up the West African Gas Pipeline Authority by the selection of a Nigerian to head the organisation.
The francophone countries insist that Nigeria cannot have both the headquarters and the director-general simultaneously.
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, maintained that the Accra resolution of November 2021, to move ahead with the appointment of a Nigerian as the head of the body remains very critical.
He called for the understanding of member nations, urging them to stick to the rules set up the body.