Tinubu vows to harness gas for benefit of Nigerians

Obiora Clinton

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to harness the country’s gas resources to benefit all Nigerians.

Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this on Friday in a statement when the Board and management of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) met with Tinubu at the Villa.

Tinubu said that all encumbrances to the entrepreneurial progress and development of Nigeria’s industrious citizens and any further impediments to business practice in the oil and gas sector.

“It is now a collaborative effort in thinking and doing. We will work with all partners to redefine the future of our economy,” the President told the NLNG delegation, which was led by NLNG Board Chairman, His Royal Majesty King Edmund Daukuru of Nembe Kingdom and the NLNG Managing Director, Dr Philip Mshelbila.

Tinubu added, “It is all about growing the pie so that Nigerians will benefit.

“Skill development will help the many restive youths who must be carried along and employed. Their lives need to be more predictable and prosperous.”