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May

The CBN’s N250 Billion Gas Intervention Aims To Increase LPG Penetration

As Nigeria strives to double domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consumption to five million metric tonnes (mmt) by 2021, stakeholders stressed Wednesday that financial incentives may help the country leapfrog clean energy and solve looming health and environmental risks. The experts, who emphasized that the country must move quickly to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Accord, noted that unless urgent measures are made, the country may continue to rely heavily on fossil fuels. The experts consequently advised industry participants to leverage the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) N250 billion intervention facility to alleviate bottlenecks in the […]