Infrastructure Deficit Hampering Gas Distribution — Kyari

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, said on Thursday that
infrastructural deficit in the country remains a challenge in
delivering gas to the domestic market even as the corporation was
working towards making gas accessible to every Nigerian in the next
three years.

Kyari, who spoke while fielding questions from newsmen shortly
after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the
Kaduna State Government, the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria
(GACN) and the NNPC said the NNPC has been relying on existing
infrastructure to deliver gas into homes and communities but
stressed that soon, gas will be closer to every home and accessible
to every Nigerian.

“It will be history probably in another three years maximum and
I can confirm to you that gas is already being delivered to Sokoto,
Kaduna, locations in Eastern Nigeria and Lagos State so we know
this is working,” he said.

While assuring that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline will
be delivered on schedule, he said once done, there will be mass
volume of gas in the country as the NNPC has worked on the gas
pricing frame work.

In his remark, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said Kaduna State is
ready for gas and welcomes the project as it brings nearer the
availability of a significant additional source of energy for
businesses and residents in the state.

Governor El-Rufai described the gas project as a boost to the
state’s investment and job creation strategy adding that, “It will
create jobs and provide skills for artisans who will work on the
gas pipelines and associated infrastructure. Beyond that, this
project will power the industries that have responded with
enthusiasm to our investment promotion campaign.”

He said the state government has since 2015 created two new
industrial areas namely the Green Agro-Allied Industrial Zone
(GAAIZ) located in Chikun LGA along the Kaduna-Abuja highway and
the Green Economic Zone (GEZ) in Igabi LGA.

“GAAIZ is already hosting investments like the Olam project, the
fertiliser plant of OCP of Morocco and DPAN, the joint venture
between Dangote Industries and Peugeot for vehicle assembly. Just
this week, the African Development Bank disclosed that it will be
financing our Special Agro-Processing Zone within the GAAIZ. The
Green Economic Zone is being developed as an industrial park for
light manufacturing industries,” he said.

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, said on Thursday that
infrastructural deficit in the country remains a challenge in
delivering gas to the domestic market even as the corporation was
working towards making gas accessible to every Nigerian in the next
three years.

Kyari, who spoke while fielding questions from newsmen shortly
after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the
Kaduna State Government, the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria
(GACN) and the NNPC said the NNPC has been relying on existing
infrastructure to deliver gas into homes and communities but
stressed that soon, gas will be closer to every home and accessible
to every Nigerian.

“It will be history probably in another three years maximum and
I can confirm to you that gas is already being delivered to Sokoto,
Kaduna, locations in Eastern Nigeria and Lagos State so we know
this is working,” he said.

While assuring that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline will
be delivered on schedule, he said once done, there will be mass
volume of gas in the country as the NNPC has worked on the gas
pricing frame work.

In his remark, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said Kaduna State is
ready for gas and welcomes the project as it brings nearer the
availability of a significant additional source of energy for
businesses and residents in the state.

Governor El-Rufai described the gas project as a boost to the
state’s investment and job creation strategy adding that, “It will
create jobs and provide skills for artisans who will work on the
gas pipelines and associated infrastructure. Beyond that, this
project will power the industries that have responded with
enthusiasm to our investment promotion campaign.”

He said the state government has since 2015 created two new
industrial areas namely the Green Agro-Allied Industrial Zone
(GAAIZ) located in Chikun LGA along the Kaduna-Abuja highway and
the Green Economic Zone (GEZ) in Igabi LGA.

“GAAIZ is already hosting investments like the Olam project, the
fertiliser plant of OCP of Morocco and DPAN, the joint venture
between Dangote Industries and Peugeot for vehicle assembly. Just
this week, the African Development Bank disclosed that it will be
financing our Special Agro-Processing Zone within the GAAIZ. The
Green Economic Zone is being developed as an industrial park for
light manufacturing industries,” he said.