Among other things, the Federal Government is working towards the production of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel to the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol this year.
The Minister of State for
He based his hope in the passage of the bill on the renewed relationship between the legislature and the executive.
The video clip of his interview which The Nation obtained on Wednesday, noted that the rehabilitation of the
Also slated for commencement this year, according to him, is the construction of the Ajaokuta,
The project, which is expected to take gas from the
He lamented that
Besides, he revealed that
His words: 'The gas sector will definitely grow.
'And also we are trying to improve the LPG penetration. Unfortunately,
Stressing that most nations are now exiting fossil fuel for renewable energy as gas, he confirmed that
Meanwhile, the minister said that at the recent
He said that 'Gas is a lesser source of carbon emission and we have abundant gas resource. So also the world has to take us into account of its discussion in the transition to renewables. It is also in those kinds of forum that you can put our point of view forward.'
Asked to state what he has achieved so far in office as a minister, Sylva said that he is already in the process of rejigging the PIB.
He noted that the sector under his watch has been able to pass the Deep Offshore Amendment Bill.
He added that 'We have also been able to superintendent over the discovery of oil in the North East. The evaluation is ongoing but oil has been discovered in the North East. We have been able to take FID on Train 7.
These are what have happened and we are very ready to move on this year.'
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