The Federal Government (FG) has announced new guidelines regarding the issuance of licence to gas companies, following the aftermath of the recent gas explosion in Abeokuta, Ogun State which reportedly claimed a life and burnt some vehicles. This development was made known on Thursday by the Minister of Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo where he was received by Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun during the minister’s condolence visit to the state.
Ekpo said, “As the Federal Government, we are trying all that we can to ensure we reduce virtual transportation of gas because of the volatility of it, especially with Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline.
“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.
“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.”
The gas explosion in Ogun state was caused as a result of a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) truck owned by Gasco Marine which suffered a brake failure, rammed into a road barricade and exploded.
