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Stakeholders meeting to pave way for the
construction of Africa’s largest Industrial Gas city in Ogidigben, Warri South
West Local Government Area was held Monday in Warri with Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan asking for cooperation from all communities in the area to ensure that
the project got underway smoothly.
The multi-billion-dollar project would be
located back to back with EGTL (Escravos Gas To Liquid) project almost similar
to the one being constructed by Chevron Nigeria Limited and expected to be
completed in seven years.
The project which will occupy a land space of
over two thousand eight hundred hectares will have among other things a
refinery, a gas plant, a fertilizer processing plant and a petrochemical plant.
The plant, when completed and fully
operational, is expected to provide employment for more than two hundred
thousand persons of different skills and professional qualifications.
An excited Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan while
briefing the stakeholders enjoined the people of the area to cooperate with the
Federal Government, the NNPC and the contractors handling the project to ensure
that the project got underway without hitches.
Dr. Uduaghan explained that the project is a
blessing to Delta State as it will help to strengthen the economy of the state
and provide employment opportunities for people in the state and the country.
He also asked the people to shun negative
actions and comments that may send wrong signals to the international
community. His words: ”I appeal to you all to cooperate with us in ensuring
that this project gets underway and is successful. We have done it with the
EGTL project so we already have a template for success. All we have to do is to
activate the same template and ensure that this project is delivered on
schedule”, he said.
According to the Governor the project will
help to ensure that the gas been flared is also utilized rather than being
wasted and used to pollute the environment.
The Group Executive Director Gas and Power of
NNPC, Mr. David Ige while briefing the people about the project said the
project is privately-driven, aimed at proper utilization of the nation’s
hydrocarbon reserves and expanding the wealth of the country.
Mr. Ige who commended Uduaghan for his
spirited effort in ensuring that the project remained in Delta State appealed
for necessary cooperation so that the project will be delivered within the
stipulated time.
Participants at the stakeholders meeting
expressed delight at the project explaining that they will do all within their
powers to ensure that the project went on smoothly.
They said the benefits are enormous and that
every community in the area would join hands with the State and Federal
Government to ensure that the project went on without hitches.
The communities which cut across the
Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje promised to cooperate with the government but urged
that everyone should be carried along.
Source: The Will
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