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JUST IN: FG to release 5m-10m cooking gas cylinders in 1 year
The Federal Government has announced that it will inject five to 10 million Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas cylinders into the market in the coming period.
The Federal Government has announced that it will inject five to 10 million Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas cylinders into the market in the coming period.
However, the announcement was made known by Mr Dayo Adeshina, Programme Manager, National LPG Expansion Implementation Plan on Wednesday at a sensitisation workshop on LPG Adoption and Implementation for Industry Stakeholders.
Adeshina said this was to improve safety and deepen LPG utilisation, also known as cooking gas, in the country.
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“The Federal Government is working towards injecting five to 10 million cooking gas cylinders into the market within the next one year.
“We are starting the cylinder injection under the first phase in 11 pilot states and FCT, with two states from each of the geopolitical zones.
“The states are Lagos, Ogun, Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Sokoto, Delta, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Enugu, Niger and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The cylinders will be injected through the marketers. The marketers will be responsible for the cylinders and the exchange will take place in homes and not in filling stations.
“What this means is that going forward, cylinders will not be owned by individuals but by the marketers who will ensure that they are safe for usage.’’
He said apart from household consumption, the government was also moving to increase LPG usage in agriculture, transportation and manufacturing.
According to him, this will enable the country to reduce CO2 emission by about 20 per cent and create millions of jobs for Nigerians.