The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday pledged to work together to deepen the penetration of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Nigeria.
The President of NALPGAM, Mr Nosa Ogieva-Okunbor and the National President of NUPENG, Mr Williams Akporeha, made the pledge during a courtesy visit by NALPGAM Executive Members to the NUPENG Secretariat in Lagos.
Ogieva-Okunbor said the goal of NALPGAM was to ensure the usage of LPG , commonly referred to as cooking gas, across the nooks and crannies of Nigeria.
He said: “We want gas supply to be improved so that ordinary Nigerians can buy it at affordable cost.
“The current hike in the price of gas is not good because some persons who have hitherto abandoned the usage of kerosene and firewood are going back because they cannot afford gas.
“We know this has negative effect on the health of our women and the climate as well as the Federal Government’s plan to increase gas usage in Nigerian homes,”he said.
He said the visit was aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two associations and making the supply and distribution of LPG safer.
To this end, he said the group would partner with NUPENG on training and retraining of tanker drivers to reduce frequent accidents on the highways.
On his part, Akporeha said gas was a product of the future and that stakeholders in the sector should brace up for the challenges to come, in order to deepen its usage.
The NUPENG boss said that collaboration and partnership by stakeholders was key toward achieving their purposes as businesses and associations.
He thanked the NALPGAM executives for the visit, appealing that the gesture should be sustained for the development of the industry and benefit of end users of LPG.
