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We Won’t Ban Importation Of Gas Cylinders – FG

The Federal Government says it will not stop the importation of gas cylinders as part of its Liquefied Petroleum Gas expansion and implementation plan.
It added that it would first work at building local capacities before thinking of banning the importation of gas cylinders.
Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Gas in the Office of the Vice President, Mr Dayo Adesina, said that Nigeria still had a lot of cylinder deficits to fill in meeting the LPG expansion plan
According to him, the National LPG Expansion and Implementation plan was to discourage the use of firewood and other energy sources that are not environmentally friendly and subsequently get LPG to the remotest of villages.
He added that the country’s two million gas cylinders with a population of over 200 million people is quite poor when compared to other countries.
He said: But Nigeria, with over 200 million people has less than two million cylinders. So, if you had 20 cylinders manufacturing plants it still won’t be enough.
“We have a new one that opened in 2019, two that are shut down and three that have sought approval for manufacturing. You cannot ban what you don’t have. Banning importation is not going to solve the problem. It is going to worsen the problem.”
He said that the government needed to move quickly to ensure the supply of more cylinders nationwide if it must keep its commitment to reducing emission.
He, however, said: “What the government is doing is simple: take a mixture of local and foreign production. The ones that are to be imported, the manufacturer can supply the first set, the second set must be manufactured locally in Nigeria. If they are not ready to set up here, we pair them up with local investors and technical
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