‘Gas under-utilisation detrimental to economy’

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A lecturer and the Director of Research at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Prof. Nuhu Obaje, has noted that the under utilisation of gas had been detrimental to the nation’s economy and the environment.
Obaje stated this at the weekend at the opening ceremony of a one-day retreat for stakeholders on the research work on oil prospects in Bida and Sokoto basins by the university.
He stressed the need for Nigerians to optimise the use of gas as energy sources for domestic and industrial purposes, adding that factories and the transport sector were under utilising gas in their operations.
“The country had been termed as a gas region as its hydrocarbon deposits consist of 70 per cent gas and 30 per cent oil but sadly gas has been grossly underutilized to the detriment of our economy and the environment,” he said.
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Muhammad Nasiru Maiturare, expressed optimism that the prospect of oil and gas occurrence in the Bida and Sokoto basins was bright and viable, based on results of exploratory research studies on going in the basins.

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