The Ministers of State for Petroleum Resources Gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo, and Power, Adebayo Adelabu have set up an Inter-ministerial Committee tasked with proposing strategies to ensure a consistent and sustainable supply of gas to Gas Power Generating Plants, to meet the domestic and industrial needs of Nigerians.
The Committee was set up in a bid to address the challenges of low gas supply to Gas (Thermal) Power Generating Stations in the country, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration.
It was formed at the end of the meeting between the two Ministries in the Office of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources Gas in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
Ekpo outlined the challenges causing the low supply of gas to the Thermal Power Plants to include Decade of Gas legacy debts; vandalisation of gas resources infrastructures in the Niger Delta Region; domestic pricing of gas in dollars amongst others.
He expressed his willingness to work harmoniously with any individual, organisation and Agency to solve these challenges.
Collaboration
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu stated the need for the two Ministries to work collaboratively and solve the problem of low gas supply to the Thermal Power Plants, to achieve an uninterrupted power supply in the country, stressing that nothing can be done 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 and Power Sectors.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
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