The details of the meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the board and management of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited at the Presidential Villa in Abuja have emerged.
OsunDailyNG reports that the President, on Friday, met the NLNG board and management led by the King of Nembe Kingdom and the Board Chairman, Edmund Daukuru, and the company’s Managing Director, Philip Mshelbila.
In a statement by the Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the President pledged his administration’s commitment to the country’s plan to transition to gas.
He also said his government would leverage the domestic utilisation, processing, and international export of Nigeria’s massive gas resources as a transition fuel.
Tinubu assured that further impediments, especially in the oil and gas sector, will be swiftly removed to create more opportunities for local companies and international partners.
He said: “It is now a collaborative effort in thinking and doing. We will work with all partners to redefine the future of our economy.
“It is all about growing the pie so that Nigerians will benefit. Skill development will help the many restive youths who need to be carried along and employed. Their lives need to be more predictable and prosperous.”
In his remarks, Daukuru said non-government stakeholders’ frustrations faced during operations were being collectively shared with the government.
He also said communities play a greater role in ameliorating the situation, adding that issues of trust between investors and host communities must be properly handled with an emphasis on end-to-end process inclusivity.
On his part, Mshelbila applauded the president for setting the tone early and aggressively with bold and correct, long-term reforms which ‘would transform the Nigerian economy within a short period of time’.
