Hon. Agbedi Fredrick represents Ekeremor/Sagbama federal constituency of Bayelsa state in the House of Representatives. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the chairman, House Committee on Gas and Allied Matters, explains why the federal governement should privatise the NNPC, among other issues.
Not a few Nigerians are of the opinion that if the gas sector is fully harnessed, it will generate more revenue than oil. What is your take on this?
Gas is the next direction of the world but Nigeria is not prepared for that.
What do you mean by that?
Because as the chairman of the House Comittee on Gas, even when I see the Nigerian budget and NNPC with Ministry of Petroleum, I don’t see any encouraging project in that sector. Some of us have said that, gas will go the way crude went if we are not careful. If the whole world say gas is the next direction, what are we doing to tap into it? NLNG is the perfect example, we were discussing with the MD of NLNG some time ago…
