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Techfile: 90% Of Gas Cylinders In Nigeria Are Expired – Federal Government - latest news
DESPITE its huge population of 194 million people,
only five per cent of Nigerians use gas for cooking.
About 60 per cent use firewood, 30 per cent use
kerosene, while five per cent use coal. These figures
were given by Programme Manager, National LPG
Expansion Implementation Plan (Office of the Vice-
President).
Adeshina, also disclosed that about 90 percent of the
cooking gas are in expired gas cylinders.
Industry reports showed although low utilisation of
LPG constitutes a source of worry to the government;
it remains more worried about the danger associated
with the use of expired cylinders.
Consequently, it has raised an alarm over the non-
testing and proliferation of expired gas cylinders in
circulation across the country, saying cylinders outlive
their safety after 15 years.
Adeshina, said most cylinders in Nigeria are over 30
years old and are very dangerous for use.
He, therefore stated: “Things need to change in the
industry. Today, everybody wants a cylinder but in
most developed countries where LPG plays active
role, marketers are rightly the sellers of cylinders.
This is because from when it is manufactured, it
passes through proliferation after five years, with
Standard of Organisation, SON, running its test and
certification. All of these processes take 10years. After
15 years, the cylinders should be withdrawn from the
market.
But today how many of us can attest for
manufacturing date of the cylinders we have in our
homes? There are cylinders that have been with us
for 30 years and have not been tested or certified.
Our investigation has shown that over 90 percent of
Nigerians are using expired cylinders”
Suggesting the way forward to attract Nigerians from
the use of ‘firewood and kerosene’, he called for
massive awareness campaign, saying “The mindset
of Nigerians has to be changed to reason why LPG
should be preferred”.
FG’s Investment
Adesina, said Nigeria was in dire need of cylinder
plants, which according to him, the country lacks.
“We need to invest in cylinders and proudly one of
the investors would have its cylinder operating plants
opened in January. We also need to have cylinder re-
proliferation plants.”
He, however, faulted the regulation in the sector,
saying “We need to take care of the regulatory and
fiscal policy. Enforcement needs to play a big role.
There is going to be a shakeup of regulation because
the government has seen that if we ever have a
repeat of the incident we had in Nnewi, it is dead on
arrival. Industry would not be able to come out of
such incident.
We have a 5 year plan for cylinder where for the
next three years you can still import and hoping that
we are going to encourage investors to have
manufacturing plants where it will be 50 percent
importation and 50 percent local production, and by
the fifth year, we are going to have 100 percent local
production. “l
So the government is going to throw up a whole lot
of incentives to help investors achieve the desired
goal and growth. In doing all of these, we are going
to look for alternatives in as much as cooking is the
main drive; my mandate is to shift 4 million Nigerians
to gas within the next two years. Personally I have
set it high and that is why the investment aspect of
raising funding is significant for this program.
The Vice President of NLPGA and managing director/
CEO of Banner Energy, Mr. Nuhu Yakubu, said that
there was adequate domestic supply of the product
in the nation.
Yakubu who noted that domestic demand was not
growing as fast as expected called for effective
regulation targeted at increasing demand.
He also called on operators in the sector to invest in
retailers in order to develop the domestic market for
LPG in the nation. LPG Supplies However, the Nigeria
LNG (NLNG) Limited expressed the commitment of the
company to flood the market with LPG.
The company expressed its commitment to continue
to support growth of the LPG industry by dedicating
350,000 metric tonnes per annum of cooking gas
otherwise known as Domestic LPG (DLPG) to the
country, to ensure reliable and affordable supply.
NLNG Manager Sales Administration, Mr. Ahmed Joda
stated that “NLNG also advocates and encourages
infrastructure development to ensure debottlenecking
of existing receiving and storage facilities and
expansion of the facilities with the construction of
new ones.
According to him, Domestic LPG (DLPG) consumption
is expected to grow to1.7million Tonnes per annum by
2020 if extensive intervention strategies are adopted.
He stated that while NLNG is focusing on optimizing
coastal delivery to Apapa -revamp NPMC jetties,
optimizing shipping operations to reduce product
shipping costs, and encouraging storage capacity
development; there is need for continuous
engagement of direct stakeholders (Off-takers) on
safety and active participation in an industry-wide
LPG conversion scheme.
The LPG business in Nigeria is one which has
opportunities that can be harnessed in the value
chain to bridge the gap.”
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