The Federal Government in collaboration with stakeholders in the petroleum industry has commenced drafting of a new policy to phase out kerosene and firewood usage and replaced them with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas.
The proposed policy tagged National Strategic Policy for LPG, has a five-year timeline to tactically phase out kerosene usage in the country.
The copy of the draft policy, made available to Daily Trust, proposed the launching of a pilot programme to replace kerosene with LPG for poorer households within defined geographical areas in several representative states.
The project will consists of the provision of free or low cost starter kit of cylinder, basic appliances and fuel, phased reduction in kerosene subsidy and simultaneous reduction in kerosene and increase in LPG supply.
Speaking yesterday at the LPG National Strategy Policy review in Abuja, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said with the current LPG national consumption rate of 110,000 metric tonnes per annum, Nigeria is ranked among the lowest consumers of LPG in Africa.
The meeting is expected to re-draft a policy for presentation at the Federal Executive Council early next year.
Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Amb. Abdulkadir Musa, noted the need to open up LPG market for better energy utilization and economic growth.
In his remark, the President of the Nigeria LPG Association, Auwalu Ilu, supported the policy.
DailyTrust
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ReplyDeleteThe Federal government shouldn't staart what they can't finish. How many households in Nigeria can afford cooking gas? Can our parents in the village afford cooking gas?
ReplyDeleteWhy is this nation so CURSED with vision less leaders? Are these leaders DEMON possessed o
ReplyDeletewhat? How can a leader be talking about facing out kerosene and firewood cooking in a country its 95 % citizens are starving?
Why is this nation so CURSED with vision less leaders? Are these leaders DEMON possessed o
ReplyDeletewhat? How can a leader be talking about facing out kerosene and firewood cooking in a country its 95 % citizens are starving?
On point guys!
ReplyDeletePlease when you talk try to be a little reasonable because you are only mocking your self with this statement and this fall far bellow short of any measures of intellectual minds. When Nigerians can not even be assured of their one daily square meal you saying FG have set to phase out firewood and kerosine. Will Nigerians wake daily and watch Gas as super story while they go hungry each day pas by...
ReplyDeletecapital rubish,,,,senceless people,,,ve they consider the rural-rural areas where there is no electricity,,which there is no hope of having it at all....tell me how will there survive without kerosene..
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the minister of Petroleum as someone who knows what she is doing,infact this present administration of Goodluck Jonathan I don't know would not want to hurt anybody,if not somebody like Diezani is not suppose to be part of the train to move the vehicle of Nigeria forward..with all the atrocities she committed in subsidy,she failed in providing kerosene for average poor Nigeria,can she perform miracle in gas provision?
ReplyDeleteGood idea but I think FG should improve on LPG availability & price reduction. They shouldnt mention kerosene & firewood phase-out for these would phase out eventually with conditions favourably to rural dwellers.If we have vibrant representatives @national assembley,our economy would have been a lot better with less corrupted minds. PH dude
ReplyDeleteIts a good ideal! please let it see the light of the day. I have been longing for that.
ReplyDeleteAnd replace them with Electricity
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