The
Chairman, United Nations Sustainable Energy for All, Dr. Kandeh
Yumkella, and other experts have called on the Federal Government to end
gas flaring in Nigeria.
Yumkella, in a keynote address at the
26th World LP Gas Forum in London on Wednesday, condemned the continuous
and unsustainable level of gas flaring by international oil firms
operating in the country.
According to him, it is not fair that
children still play at night in the Niger Delta looking at gas being
flared in the distance.
For a country that requires gas to power
thermal stations and attain equitable energy distribution to all and
sundry, the UN executive called for an urgent action from the government
to reduce gas flaring in the country.
He also said gas flaring must be stopped throughout the African continent in order to ensure sustainable development.
“The gas flared in Africa can supply 50
per cent of the energy we need, but we have been flaring gas for the
past 50 years. That creates insecurity and inequity. For instance,
Nigeria has been flaring gas since the discovery of oil in the country.
This must stop because we need that gas to generate power,” Yumkella
said.
The Director, Greenfield Integrated
Energy Services Limited, an indigenous LPG player, Mr. ’Seyi Osunkeye,
corroborated the UN executive, saying it had become imperative for
Nigeria to put an end to gas flaring because of the huge economic losses
occasioned by the menace.
He reiterated that there were enabling
laws and policies guiding against gas flaring, and urged the government
to develop the will power to tackle it.
According to him, ending gas flaring will create employment, sustainable development and reduced migration to Europe.
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