By Yunus Yusuf
The Nigeria Liquidified Natural Gas (NLNG) says it will on Monday begin to discharge cooking gas to the New Oil Jetty (NOJ) terminal in Lagos.
Its Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Mrs Sophia Horsfall, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Horsfall spoke against the backdrop of marketers’ allegations of indiscriminate hike in the price of cooking gas due to inability of NLNG to meet up market demands.
NAN reports that marketers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGNANAM), had on Nov. 7 raised alarm over indiscriminate hike in the price of gas by 75 per cent in the last two weeks.
Its Executive Secretary, Mr Bassey Essien, said that the price of 20 metric tonnes of LPG, which cost between N3.15 and N3.5 million, had suddenly moved to N4.2 million.
Horsfall said that following the conclusion of technical approval processes required, the company would…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
