Kyari Inaugurates Emadeb’s 120-ton LPG Plant, Pledges Constant Gas Supply

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mallam Mele Kyari, has inaugurated the 120-ton Emadeb Energy’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant in Abuja, pledging to ensure constant supply of gas to the facility.

Kyari stressed that the plant located in Gaduwa District aligned with the aspiration of the federal government to ensure that clean and cheaper fuel is made available in the country.

The NNPC boss noted that the company decided to key into the “decade of gas” declared by the federal government, which aims to explore the enormous gas resources in the country so that there will be extensive domestic gas use and export.

According to the NNPC GMD, the move will not only bring prosperity to the country, ensure security of energy, but bring cleaner fuels nearer to consumers.

“You can always count on us at the NNPC to support the initiative in terms of supply and also sharing every necessary data and information at our disposal to help grow this business for the benefit of the Nigerian people,” he stated.

While conveying the delight of President Muhammadu Buhari at the completion of the project, Kyari stated that it will eventually reduce the cost of energy for the Nigerian people since LPG is cheaper than any other type of fuel, stressing that it was one of the many steps to make sure gas is made available to Nigerians.

In addition, the GMD pointed out that the auto gas conversion centre available in the facility will provide an easy alternative to petrol and praised the firm for deploying 100 per cent local content in establishing the centre.

On the skyrocketing prices of cooking gas, Kyari blamed the shortage of supply as well as the impact of the international market for the development, stating that it’s a reflection of what’s happening in the global market.

“But what we are doing is to increase supply. Once supply increases, prices will come down,” he assured.
In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer, Emadeb Energy, Debo Olujimi, stressed that the company decided to establish the plant as a model for clean energy in Abuja.

“We all know the importance of cooking, we decided to do the 120 tons LPG storage and we looked at the entire neighbourhood of about 56 communities and a minimum of 1000 in each of those estates.

“This is a good project in terms of return on investment and clean energy because everyone knows the importance of LPG and we want a solution to a clean environment in terms of retailing LPG.

“We are looking for an opportunity to domesticate gas. We are going to expand to 240 tons within the next one year and a half. This is our model and we intend doing this in six locations across the country.