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Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, in a handshake with the Director of Inter-governmental Relations, Greenville LNG, Alhaji Zubairu Bayi at the Commissioning of the Greenville LNG Gas Hub Station in Lafia recently. With them smiling is Greenville LNG director, Joseph Oyadoyin (1st left) the Managing Director of Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency (NASIDA) Barr. Abdullahi Ibrahim (3rd from left) and the Hon. Deputy Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (behind) and others at the event
Governor Abdullahi A. Sule lauds Greenville LNG for constructing its Gas Hub station as scheduled, and for setting the pace for cost-cutting CNG and LNG delivery in Nasarawa State
Greenville LNG Co Ltd has inaugurated its Lafia L-CNG station to offer energy cost-reducing LNG and CNG fuelling options to the public.
The Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, was the Special Guest of Honour who in person commissioned the completed project in Shabu, Lafia on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
In his address to the gathering at the Gas Station inauguration in Lafia, Governor Abdullahi A. Sule spoke of the Nasarawa Gas Masterplan and lauded Greenville LNG for successfully completing the project within its promised and planned 1-year schedule.
The Governor also commended and thanked the company for taking the lead in the visionary Nasarawa gas utilization agenda, urging the company to further spread its business operations beyond the state capital to across the state.
Governor Abdullahi Sule informed the audience in Lafia that in furtherance of the gasification policy of the Nasarawa state, his administration, as an initial investment, is sponsoring 50 youths to be trained as technicians for conversion of automotive vehicles to CNG-powered engines.
He further called on local investors within Nasarawa State to align with Greenville LNG and invest in related businesses and projects across the length and breath of the state.
The Governor who did a quantification analysis between the volume of currently documented crude oil reserves and gas reserves in the country, said that with the gas reserves in Nigeria conservatively estimated at 220 trillion cubic litres, Nigeria is more of a Gas State than a Crude Oil State.
Governor Sule also spoke of the great potentials of Nasarawa State as an oil and Gas State, and highlighted his dream of Nasarawa gas fields becoming gas farms which he envisions will eventually feed the gas requirements of companies such as Greenville LNG in the state in the near future.
Director, Inter-governmental Relations of Greenville LNG Company Limited, Alhaji Zubairu Ibrahim Bayi, represented and delivered the goodwill message of the company’s Chairman, Mr. Eddy Van den Broeke who, for reasons beyond his control, was unavoidably absent at the ceremony in Lafia.
Alhaji Bayi, on behalf of the Chairman, Board of Directors and staff of Greenville LNG, expressed sincere congratulations to the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule in particular, and to the state government and people of Nasarawa State in general on the epoch-making commissioning of the L-CNG hub station in Lafia.
He said “the conceptualisation, construction, completion and subsequent commissioning of this project is a clear testimony of Your Excellency’s unwavering resolve to provide and improve lasting developmental infrastructure which positively impact citizens’ lives across the length and breadth of this state and indeed the country in general”.
Alhaji Bayi further informed the gathering that the Greenville LNG Lafia Gas station, at full operation, will be providing CNG dispensing capacity of 32 Tons per day; and 220 Tons of LNG per day.
He explained the multi-dimensional benefits and advantages to include cost-effective energy solutions, promotion of sustainable business that fosters economic growth and planned development, and creation of desirable green climate, the latter of which “…will stand out Nasarawa State as one of the leaders in green energy compliance in the country, positioning the State in a prime position for access to funding reserved for green-compliant entities”.
Bayi also highlighted that the use of CNG and LNG in Nasarawa State will create a beneficial energy diversification and security for the state’s industrialisation agenda, including development of commercially prudent independent power plants, reducing its reliance on traditional fuels while creating a more resilient and sustainable energy landscape.
“Your Excellency, this initiative of Greenville LNG in Nasarawa State is in synch with the strategy of the government of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Presidential Initiative on CNG (Pi-CNG) to provide clean, safer, and more affordable gas as a source of fuel for every corner of the country”, he said.
Besides the Governor of Nasarawa state, other important VIPs and dignitaries at the ceremony in Lafia included the Director of Gas at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Oluremi Komolafe who represented the Hon. Min. of Petroleum Resources (Gas), members of Nasarawa State Exco, Principal Officers and Honourable members of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Chairman of the Nasarawa State Traditional Council and Emir of Lafia, HRH Justice Sidi Bage, Sangari Shabu HRH Alhaji Mahmud Baula, Sangari Kwandere HRH Ahmadu Almakura, and Mr Jide Awolowo who represented the Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Gas.
Others were the Managing Director of Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency (NASIDA), Barrister Abdullahi Ibrahim and other senior officials of NASIDA, the Managing Director of the Gas Aggregation Council of Nigeria (GACN) Chijioke Uzoho, representatives of NMDPRA, Executive Directors of Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF), Economic Regulations and Strategic Planning, HPPITI, and DSSRI. NMDPRA’s Nasarawa State Coordinator in Lafia Engr. Obiora and NMDPRA Project representative, Lafia Office, Engr. Umar also attended.
Senior bank and corporate executives also attended the event. The Greenville LNG delegation was led by the company’s director of Inter-governmental Relations, Alhaji Zubairu Ibrahim Bayi. Mr Jospeh Oyadoyin, a director of Greenville LNG, General Counsel, Barrister (Mrs) Ngozi Efobi, Group Head of Security, Alhaji Yusuf Zaiyana, Head of Commercial Amit Singh, General Manager, LNG Retailing, Gokul Moothedathu, Nargiza Khudoydotova of Gradient Bitumen, Branding and Marketing Manager Ravi Sherma, amongst others were also in Lafia for the event.
Greenville LNG is Nigeria’s private sector’s leading producer and distributor of LNG and CNG for the domestic market, with the company’s efficient virtual pipeline consisting of more than 700 specialized LNG-powered gas delivery trucks capable of driving about 1,200 kilometres and 1,800 kilometres without the need to refuel.
Grenville LNG from its Rumuji Gas Plant in Rivers State and from its active Gas hubs, delivers sustainable and more affordable LNG and CNG energy supplies to every part of Nigeria.
