By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has said it would stop granting licences to gas companies with no capacity to build pipelines for gas distribution following the aftermath of the explosion which claimed a life in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This was communicated by the Minister of State For Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, when he visited Abeokuta for an on-the-spot assessment of Saturday’s CNG explosion at Ita Oshin. According to him, the development became imperative to discourage the transportation of compressed natural gas through the roads. On Saturday (April 28), a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) gas truck
No More Licenses to Gas Firms Without Pipeline Capacity—FG
