The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged continuous support to NIPCO Plc in its renewed efforts at increasing its investment in gas infrastructures to promote compressed natural gas as preferred auto fuel.
Engr Usman Yusuf, Chief Operating Officer ,Gas & Power , who led other big wigs in the industry including the Managing Director ,Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria , Mr Olalekan Ogunleye, while speaking while visiting the stand of the company at the recently concluded 2021 Gas Sector Stakeholders Forum in Kano, said the corporation is delighted with the company’s efforts towards providing more facilities to enhance natural gas utilization across the nation .
He was particularly delighted with the company’s endeavour in the inauguration of several compressed natural gas stations especially in the city of Benin, Edo State, a feat that has provided access to thousands of motorist to get gas to power their vehicles.
He described NIPCO as a reliable partner of the corporation in the overall drive to improve on the existing gas infrastructures with a view to making government achieve the Decade of Gas initiative being championed by the minister of state for petroleum resources.
He promised to deepen the corporation’s support for NIPCO to properly harness the abundance gas resources in the country, stressing that the firm has shown requisite capacity to improve the natural gas value chain in all its areas of operations so far .
He pleaded with the management to key into the Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project which he said has a lot of business potentials for stakeholders like the company, adding that with the knack exhibited in Benin, Edo State and Ibafo axis in Ogun state as well as the ongoing project in Ajaokuta, the scheme would be beneficial when fully completed.
Engr Usman maintained that as the corporation is making giant strides to ensure AKK project completion, it expects operators to plan ahead and fashion ways of putting in requisite infrastructures that will enhance access to gas for potential users as well as creating massive employment opportunities.
Lawal Taofeek, Assistant General Manager, Corporate Affairs , Receiving the entourage at the booth , recalled some of the major landmarks of the company in the gas sector primacy of which is the plethora of infrastructures put in place to enable motorist access to cleaner fuel – gas to power their vehicles.
Source: Independent