The Federal Government, yesterday, declared a ‘12-month gas supply
emergency plan’ designed to correct the mis-alignment and other
challenges in the nation’s gas to power aspirations.
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke pointed
out in a statement in Abuja that a key aspect of the transformation
agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan was the accelerated and sustained
delivery of the much needed energy services to the Nigerian people, in
particular, electricity.
According to her, the delivery of gas to assure sufficient,
uninterrupted supply to existing, as well as new thermal generating
plants have been special focus area of mine and the Ministry of
Petroleum Resources.
“Up to recent times, gas supply to power plants outstripped demand to
the extent that significant volumes of available gas remained
unutilised on a daily basis.
“However, a close analysis of the supply chain has revealed that over
the last 10 years or so, there has been significant misalignment
between power projects and gas supply sources.”
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