In a bid to address the challenges of low gas supply to Gas (Thermal) Power Generating Stations in the country, the federal government has set up an Inter-ministerial Committee to fashion ways to achieve a steady and sustainable gas supply to gas power generating plants.
In a statement signed by Chris Ugwuegbulam for Deputy Director (Press and Public Relations) in the Petroleum ministry, it’s part of ongoing efforts to meet both the domestic and industrial needs of Nigerians in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The Committee was formed at the end of the meeting between the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo and the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Wednesday in Abuja
At the meeting, Ekpo outlined the challenges causing the low supply of gas to the Thermal Power Plants to include; Decade of Gas legacy debts; vandalization of gas resources infrastructures in the Niger Delta Region; domestic pricing of gas in dollars etc and he expressed his willingness to work harmoniously with any individual, organisation and Agency to solve these challenges.
In his remarks, the minister of Power, stressed the need for the two ministries to work collaboratively and solve the problem of low gas supply to the thermal power plants in order to achieve an uninterrupted power supply in the country, stressing that, “there is absolutely nothing can be done in Nigeria without stable power.”
Members of the committee were drawn from the Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Power, Regulatory Agencies, operators and critical stakeholders in the gas, power sector.
FG sets-up committee on low gas supply to power plants
