Three Dangote Group subsidiaries said they had bolstered gas supply contracts with NNPC units to support expansion plans, aligning with Nigeria’s shift toward cleaner energy and industrial growth.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Plant and Dangote Cement Plc said on Monday the contracts were signed with Nigerian Gas Marketing Limited and NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company at the Nigeria Gas Master Plan 2026 in Abuja.
They did not disclose the contracted volumes, Reuters reporys.
Indeed, Nigeria launched the master plan on Friday, aimed at fixing the gas sector by expanding infrastructure, improving supply, attracting investment and making gas a key driver of economic growth.
The plan targets raising national output to 10 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) by 2027 from about 8 bcf/d currently, and to 12 bcf/d by 2030, while attracting more than $60 billion in investments across the gas value chain.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo said the plan shifts from policy drafting to execution, emphasizing that Nigeria’s challenge lies in converting its reserves into reliable supply and economic value
NNPC Ltd Group CEO Bashir Bayo Ojulari said the plan aims to boost national gas production, optimise costs and attract new investment while strengthening supply to users.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
