NMDPRA – Make CNG Sale Points available at Petrol Stationsq
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), has disclosed that all Petrol stations are to have points of sale for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
The agency’s Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed, broke the news to reporters after a meeting with high volume suppliers of petroleum products in Abuja.
He said the proposal is to align with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s CNG initiative and also make CNG available at a cheaper rate.
Ahmed said: “We will require that CNG add on to be put in point of the petrol stations. And the new applications will be one of the requirements that you must have a CNG add on in your petrol station.”
He appealed to partners in the industry to invest to make points of sale for CNG available to consumers.
According to Ahmed, the NMDPRA was working in partnership with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) to make CNG affordably available.
“And we are working with the producing company, our sister agency, NUPRC, and NNPCL, as well as GACN to ensure that the product is also available at a reduced cost or at a competitive cost to the consumers.”
The Chief Executive Officer of Matrix Energy Limited, Abdulkabir Adisa Ali, said the marketers have aligned with the decision of the Federal Government.
He appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the administration because the policy is not up to a year after its introduction.
Abdulkadir said: “We are all in alignment with the decision of the Federal Government. And I think Nigerians should be patient. It is less than a year that these decisions are taken.
