The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) says the Federal Government alone cannot halt the hike in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) across Nigeria.
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The Federal Government on Monday said that it would lift no fewer than one hundred million Nigerians out of poverty through the implementation of National Gas Expansion Programme.
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who spoke in Owerri, the Imo State capital, at the opening ceremony of the NGEP consultative forum, said that the Federal Government was committed to giving jobs to millions of young Nigerians.
He said, “Counting the impacts of the programme on our socioeconomic space within the first year of its launching, the administration further stepped up its commitment to industrialising Nigeria through gas utilisation by declaring year 2021 to 2030 ‘Decade of Gas’.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, says President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to addressing issues raised by #EndSARS protesters.
The minister spoke while reacting to concerns by Davido, award-winning singer, when he hosted him on Wednesday.
In a statement by Julius Bokoru, his spokesman, Sylva said the president “is on a fair and right trajectory in addressing concerns raised by the #EndSARS protesters”.
It is understood that the minister and the ‘OBO’ crooner discussed several issues during the meeting including art, politics, youth empowerment, and harmonisation of the various age grades in the country.
Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources with Davido PHOTO; Twitter
Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to youth empowerment. x
A statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to the minister, Mr Julius Bokoru, on Wednesday said Sylva gave the assurance when he received David Adeleke, also known as Davido.
The minister and Adeleke, the award-winning musician discussed art, politics, youth empowerment and harmonisation of the various age grades in the country.
Sylva said: “your generation is a smart one but it must proffer solutions too. If we all blame ourselves then we are farther and farther from any real solution.