In a bid to address challenges of low gas supply to power generating stations in the country, the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, have set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee that will proffer ways and means of achieving steady and sustainable gas supply to gas power generating plants to meet both domestic and industrial needs of Nigerians.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee was formed at the end of a meeting between the two ministries in the office of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas).
At the meeting, Ekpo outlined the challenges causing low supply of gas to Thermal Power Plants to include the gas legacy debts; vandalisation of oil and gas pipeline infrastructure in the Niger Delta region; domestic pricing of gas in dollars, among others.
He expressed his willingness to work harmoniously with any individual, organisation and agency to solve these challenges.
Ekpo said: “We need to work collaboratively to solve the problem of gas supply to thermal plants and uninterrupted power supply to consumers in the country. There is absolutely nothing that can be done in Nigeria without stable power.”
