The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has reaffirmed its commitment towards engaging all relevant players in the gas sub-sector.
Speaking in Abuja on Monday during the ‘Stakeholders Engagement on Gas Utilisation in Nigeria’, the Executive Director, Health, Safety, Environment and Community, Dr. Mustapha Lamorde, explained that the event aimed to promote gas adoption in accordance with the Federal Government’s Decade of Gas declaration.
Nigerian Anchor reports that the event, which was for the North-Central region, saw participants from the sector express their gratitude for the efforts made by the regulator.
Other reasons for the event include: to enlighten end-users on the need to obtain a storage license. And to engender the transition from white products to gas at the last mile.
They also emphasised the need for ongoing support to facilitate the penetration of gas in the domestic market.
It would be recalled that Authority had, recently in Kano State, urged stakeholders to embrace gas.
Speaking at a similar event in Kano, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, who was represented by the Executive Director, Distribution Systems, Storage, and Retailing Infrastructure, Ogbugo Ukoha, said there was an urgent need for large consumers of diesel to embrace the use of gas as it is Nigeria’s transition fuel.
“The PIA is poised to enable the growth of the industry. The twelve regulations recently gazetted unlock the golden opportunities and signpost the pathway to energy security,” he said.
He noted that the federal government has implemented a number of initiatives and policy frameworks in this regard, including the natural gas expansion plan and the decade of gas expansion programme.
