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Three reasons have been identified for the low supply of gas to thermal power plants nationwide with which to generate electricity in Nigeria.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the reasons were identified at a meeting between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Gas) and the Ministry of Power.
In a statement on Thursday by Mr Chris Ugwuegbulam, Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Gas), the three reasons were identified as decade of gas legacy debts, vandalisation of gas resources infrastructure in the Niger Delta Region and domestic pricing of gas in dollars.
At the end of the meeting, an inter-ministerial committee to suggest ways of achieving a sustainable gas supply to gas generating plants in the country was constituted.
The inter-ministerial committee was in Abuja by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo and the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu.
“The committee will suggest means of achieving a steady gas supply to meet domestic and industrial needs of Nigerians in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration,” Ekpo said.
He expressed willingness to work harmoniously with any individual, organisation and agency to solve these challenges.
Meanwhile, on his part, Adelabu stated the need for the two ministries to work collaboratively to solve the problem of low gas supply to Thermal Power Plants across the country.
This, Adelabu said, would achieve an uninterrupted power supply in the country, adding that nothing could 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 and Power Sectors.
The meeting was witnessed by some directors in the Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Power.