Nigeria presents 65-project pipeline with US$78.5 billion capital requirement
The funding is a stated requirement, not money raised; the government projects 366,763 jobs if the pipeline advances.
- Publish date: 2026-10-14
- Category: Standards & Policy
- Original source: Nairametrics
- Reading time: 1 min read
At the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, the Federal Government presented 65 investment projects with a combined stated capital requirement of US$78.5 billion. The portal groups them into 25 oil, gas and power projects; 17 industry, manufacturing and mining; 8 transport and maritime; 6 agriculture and agro-processing; and 9 technology, health and urban services.
Examples include a US$1.7 billion crude-evacuation and midstream project, the US$1.29 billion Lagos Greenline Railway, a US$105 million Giri agro-processing and cold-chain hub, and a US$2.69 billion ammonia and phosphate-fertiliser project. The government estimates the pipeline could create 366,763 jobs; these are projects offered to investors, not completed developments or secured funding.