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NLNG: FG committed to commencement of Train-7 – Finance Minister

By Giwa SHILE

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has said the Federal Government is committed to supporting the commencement of the Train-7 initiative of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant.

Adeosun stated this on Sunday during a visit to the NLNG plant  in Finima, Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.

She said the most important critical need from the government as a shareholder was the support for the investment to commence.

“That has been very critical and we have been for that approval, and with the support for commencement, it signals that the government has been committed to Train-7.

“It’s very important to note that the government has done many things that signal its commitment to sustaining this investment in the NLNG and being part of its success story,” she said.

Adeosun said she was in Bonny to inspect the NLNG facility that had been generating huge revenue in taxes and dividends to the government.

Describing the facility as impressive and a modern hi-tech plant, the minister said: “We saw the old Trains 1 to 6, and the space for the incoming Train-7 which has the potential of creating 10,000 jobs in the next nine months.

“The jobs to be created will be sustainable for the next five to six years  and this is extremely exciting because the multiplier effects will be huge.’’

She also described the trip to the plant as very revealing, adding that more people would build houses and land value would go up.

The minister said the Federal Government had made fiscal changes to enhance the competitive position of the NLNG by removing the disparity in VAT in tax treatment between imported and local Liquefied Petroleum Gas.

”That will give an additional market share to NLNG-produced LPG, and of course it is a major objective that the management has campaigned for and the Federal Executive Council has approved it.

“So, we expect greater market share to the NLNG, of course, that has knock-on effects, it stops people from using firewood to cook, it stops deforestation. It has a lot of environmental benefits as well as more revenue to the NLNG,” she said.

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of  NLNG, Mr Tony Attah, commended the minister for visiting the plant.

Attah said the NLNG model was working effectively as the organisation had been positioned as a global brand.

The General Manager, Production, Mr Tayo Oginni, stated that the delay in investing in Train-7 would drop Nigeria to number 10 from number four in gas production by 2025.

Oginni, however, said that Train-7 would increase NLNG’s production capacity by 35 percent and take the country to number three position in the world.

He also stated that the global energy landscape was changing and Nigeria must lead the transition or lose if nothing was done.

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