Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday that the Federal Government has made plans to inject 10 million gas cylinders in the next year.
They are to be injected through certified marketers in 12 pilot states.
Prof Osinbajo hinted at this in Asaba, Delta State, at a two-day Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sensitization under the theme: “Stimulating Delta state’s socio-economic growth through LPG adoption and expansion.”
According to him, this sensitization has come at a very crucial time, because Delta state plays a significant role in the nation’s oil and gas industry.
He said: “Nigeria is gas-rich as well as oil, unfortunately, the concentration has been on oil when we have 260tcf of proven gas reserves and 600tcf unproven gas reserves, all those figures will remain statistics unless we do something about it.
“A state like Delta is crucial because of the abundant gas available here. Gas flaring must come to an end and we must make use of resources that will come from ending gas flaring.”
The Vice President also said that two states had been selected from each geopolitical zone for the pilot program.
