The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is expanding its Natural Gas footprints across the nation in order to support industrialization and job creation through the ongoing gas infrastructure projects including the OB3 gas pipeline connecting East and West, the ELPS II which is expected to boost supply to the Western corridor and the AKK gas pipeline that will supply gas to Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna and Kano States.”
GMD, NNPC group, Mallam Mele Kyari stated this at the the Presidential Virtual Rollout of the NatIonal Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) on Tuesday.
He said “Under the leadership of Your Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Hon. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Timipre Sylva, the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources is working towards the implementation of the palliative measures agreed with Organized Labour.”
Kyari added that “Today, Your Excellency, Mr President is launching Five (5) Gas-powered Mass Transit Buses which will be handed over to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); and over ten (10) LPG-powered vehicles for different users, including Government Agencies.”
He said: “To support this effort, NNPC is providing free conversion services in some selected NNPC Retail Filling Stations to assist interested motorists switch from PMS to Autogas especially in areas with existing Autogas service stations in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Lagos, Edo, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa States.”
The GMD also stated that “NNPC is also expanding this initiative to all NNPC Retail Filling Stations across the Nation, while assuring motorists of steady availability of Autogas at competitive prices.”
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