By Bisola Adeyemo
The Federal government has announced plan on nationwide sensitisation on Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) adoption and expansion.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday, the Special Assistant to the vice president on Liquified Petroleum Gas, Mr. Dayo Adeshina, says a nationwide sensitization campaign on LPG adoption and expansion will soon commence.
Adeshina explained that the objective of the exercise was to increase and expand access to adoption of (LPG) known as cooking gas among Nigerians.
“We had since begun the programme in some of the 12 pilot states of the 36 States.”
According to him, the 12 pilot states were Bauchi, Lagos, Ebonyi, Gombe, Katsina, Sokoto, and Enugu. Others are Bayelsa, Delta, FCT Abuja, Ogun, and Niger states, stressing that the programme would commence soon.
“All 36 states were expected to be covered within three years at the ratio of 12 states per year.
“We will engage investors and marketers for effective implementation.”
He said conventional, social media, traditional rulers and community leaders would be fully engaged in the campaign to achieve a wider and effective coverage.
It will be recalled that the Federal Government last year pledged to inject five to 10 million LPG gas cylinders into the market in the next one year.
