Gas distribution licence will only be granted to firms with pipeline capacity- FG

The minister said switching from trucking to pipeline
transportation would enhance safety, as well as improve efficiency and
reliability in delivering gas to customers.

“I have directed the authority chief executive that for any
further issuance of licence, the company should be competent enough to pipe it
to their end users so that we are not exposed to this kind of danger any
longer,” Ekpo said.

“As a ministry, we are looking at how we can reduce a lot of
virtual conveyance of gas.

“That is why we are putting much in developing the gas
pipeline infrastructure so that the transportation would not be virtual, but
rather through the pipelines. This will reduce this kind of incident and take
off the pressure on our roads.”

Ekpo expressed commitment to growing the gas space, adding
that efforts are being made to prevent such accidents from occurring in the
future.