Tinubu Hails NLNG Train 7 as 90% Complete, Nigeria Begins Searching for the Remaining 10%

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the progress of Nigeria NLNG Limited’s Train 7 project, which has now crossed the 90 per cent completion mark, describing its successful delivery as critical to the country’s gas-led economic ambitions. At this rate, the project has apparently entered that uniquely Nigerian stage where everybody is celebrating the finish line while the last 10 per cent is still being watched like a stubborn generator that refuses to start.

The latest update came after NLNG Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Adeleye Falade briefed President Tinubu at the State House on the project and the company’s wider role in Nigeria’s gas development agenda. NLNG says Train 7 will raise its LNG production capacity from 22 million tonnes per annum to 30 million tonnes, representing about a 35 per cent increase.

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The Train 7 project has been moving steadily towards completion, with pre-commissioning activities already underway. Earlier updates placed construction at around 90 per cent, while subsequent industry reporting put progress above 90 per cent, showing that the project has continued to advance towards the final stretch.

For Nigeria, the remaining 10 per cent is much more than a number on a progress chart. It represents the difference between celebrating a major infrastructure project and actually putting additional gas-processing capacity to work. Train 7 is expected to strengthen LNG exports, create opportunities for Nigerian businesses and workers, deepen local participation and improve the country’s ability to extract greater economic value from its gas resources.

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The project has already generated substantial employment and local-content opportunities. NCDMB reported in June that Train 7 had generated about 16,000 direct jobs, while NLNG and NCDMB have continued programmes aimed at developing Nigerian skills and increasing local participation in the project and the wider gas value chain.

President Tinubu has therefore linked the project’s completion to a broader economic ambition: more exports, job creation, stronger local capacity and increased investor confidence. The comedy, however, is that Nigerians have heard the phrase “economic transformation” so many times that even the phrase may soon demand commissioning before it believes itself. Still, Train 7 is a serious national investment, and its delivery could materially strengthen Nigeria’s gas economy if the promised capacity and economic benefits translate into actual production, exports, revenues and opportunities.

The spotlight now shifts to the remaining work, pre-commissioning and eventual start-up of the facility. With Train 7 reportedly above 90 per cent completion and expectations pointing towards commissioning in 2027, Nigerians will be watching to see whether the final stretch moves with the same momentum as the first 90 per cent. OGM News NG will continue to monitor the project and bring readers the next chapter—because in Nigeria, the most interesting part of a project sometimes begins after somebody announces that it is “almost complete.”