‘Gas is vital resource for Africa’s economic development’

The Executive Vice President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd , Olalekan Ogunleye, has underscored the importance of gas as a crucial resource for driving economic development across Africa.The Executive Vice President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd , Olalekan Ogunleye, has underscored the importance of gas as a crucial resource for driving economic development across Africa.

He called on all gas players to sustain the advocacy for gas as a major energy source that will be utilised to develop the economic and industrial fortunes of the continent and a top priority for NNPC Ltd because the company is at the forefront of Nigeria’s gas commercialisation efforts and flare elimination.

Ogunleye disclosed that under the current leadership of Mele Kyari, the company has institutionalised the use of modern technology to drive its operations, a development that has created tremendous value for the company in its quest to compete with its global peers. He further observed that transparency and accountability have a commercial component to them, because they can make any organisation attractive to its partners and potential investors.

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