The Federal Government has said it is accelerating investments in strategic gas infrastructure to unlock Nigeria’s domestic gas market, drive industrialisation, create jobs and attract private capital into the energy sector.
The Executive Director of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, Oluwole Adama, disclosed on Thursday that the agency had invested in 113 gas infrastructure projects across the country. These comprise eight gas processing facilities, 15 Compressed Natural Gas/Liquefied Compressed Natural Gas mother stations, 86 CNG/LCNG daughter stations, and four Liquefied Petroleum Gas depots, all at various stages of completion.
Adama spoke during a panel session titled “Boosting the Domestic Gas Market – Driving Economic Growth and Development,” at the Nigerian Oil and Gas Energy Week Conference in Abuja.
He said some of the projects would be commissioned before the end of 2026, while others are expected to come on stream in the first quarter of 2027.
MDGIF has strategically invested in eight gas processing facilities, 15 CNG/LCNG mother stations, 86 CNG/LCNG daughter stations, and four LPG depots, which are at various stages of completion. We are looking forward to commissioning some projects before the end of this year or by the first quarter of 2027,” he said.
Adama said economic growth and development should not be viewed as competing objectives, arguing that Nigeria’s vast gas reserves provide an opportunity to grow the economy while improving living standards“I do not see economic growth and economic development as opposing objectives; rather, I see them as complementary and mutually reinforcing. The real challenge is ensuring that growth is inclusive, sustainable, and translates into tangible improvements in the lives of Nigerians.