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Special assistant to the vice president on Liquified Petroleum Gas, Mr Dayo Adeshina, says a nationwide sensitisation campaign on LPG adoption and expansion will soon commence. Cooking gas cylinders Adeshina, made this known in an interview in Bauchi on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. He explained that the objective of the exercise was to increase and expand access to adoption of ...

Minister of State for the Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, has commended the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited for its courageous decision to suspend the exportation of cooking gas while approving 100 per cent domestic supply of the product. Environment Minister of State, Sharon Ikeazor Ikeazor noted that such a bold initiative was a welcome development and a step in ...

Cooking gas is now a force to reckon with in a great/good deal of homes in Nigeria today. The reason many Nigerians prefer this subsidiary product of natural gas is because it’s cheaper, faster, lasts longer and doesn’t stain cooking pots unlike the traditional methods of cooking. Briquettes Cooking gas is also odourless and can be used indoors, it is ...

Charcoal sellers are making huge sales in Enugu, as most residents of the city, have virtually dumped their cooking gas cylinders. Cooking gas cylinders The high cost of cooking gas, which currently sells for between N650 and N750 per litre in the Enugu State capital, has forced most families to jettison their cooking gas cylinders, opting for charcoal stoves instead. ...

Some stakeholders in the North-West zone of Nigeria have called for review and strict enforcement of forestry laws to curb unabated plundering of forests for firewood and charcoal. Kano State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso The stakeholders made their views known during a survey conducted in the zone. Speaking on the issue, Alhaji Ibrahim Gudu, Director of Forestry, Kebbi ...

Some Nigerian stakeholders in the North-East have identified obsolete environmental and forestry laws as a trigger for the continuous plundering of forests for firewood and charcoal in the zone. Deforestation. Photo credit: telegraph.co.uk Others say that acute scarcity of kerosene and high cost of gas are major obstacles to effective conservation of forest resources against illegal logging in the region. ...

The high cost of cooking gas has now compelled some residents in the South-South zone in Nigeria to begin using firewood and charcoal for cooking, a survey has revealed. Cooking gas cylinders Investigation shows that 1 kilogramme of gas is now sold for N900 as against N700 while 12.5 kilogrammes is now  N11,250. A resident of Calabar, Mrs Eno Akan, ...

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), says over 50 per cent of cooking gas users in rural areas have switched back to firewood and charcoal. Cooking gas cylinders It’s National Chairman, Mr Michael Umudu,said on Friday, October 22, 2021 in Lagos that the decision was based on the continued ...

Some residents of the South East Zone of the country have vowed to resort to firewood and charcoal if prices of cooking gas continue to soar. Cooking gas cylinders The consumers said in separate interviews that they could no longer cope with the situation as it was taking a toll on their lives. They called on the Federal Government to ...

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has called on residents of Gombe State to embrace environmentally-friendly approaches in the conduct of their daily activities to reduce pollution and deforestation. Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General of NESREA Mr Charles Sharah, the North-East Zonal Director of NESREA, made the call in an interview on Thursday, October 22, 2020 in Gombe, ...