Nigeria’s LPG consumption hits 1m metric tonnes 

20 Jan Nigeria’s LPG consumption hits 1m metric tonnes 

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says Nigeria’s domestic consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, exceeded 1 million Metric Tonnes (MT) in 2020.

In a statement by Abdulkadir Saidu, its Executive Secretary, the agency said the consumption rate made 2020 the first year in the nation’s history when LPG consumption reached the 1 million MT threshold.

“Nigeria consumed 840,594.37 MT LPG in 2019, indicating an increase of 60.5 per cent over 635,452.061MT recorded in 2018,” the statement said.

“This steady and sustained pattern of growth culminating in the over one million metric tonnes of LPG domestic consumption milestone in 2020 has placed the country 1st in West Africa and one of the leading LPG consuming nations on the continent.

“With this laudable feat, the country is on track to meet the five million MT by 2022 target, set in the Nigeria Gas Policy (NGP) of 2017,” it said.

This, it said, translated to an average of 1 million metric tonnes year, with a collective effort to sustain and ramp up intervention efforts and initiatives of the government.

The agency noted that the Federal Government’s resolve to deepen LPG penetration in the country seeks to create a healthier life for Nigerians by providing access to a cleaner source of energy for cooking, vehicular transportation and other domestic uses.

“The attainment of the one million MT domestic utilisation milestone is a testimony to the progress made so far in ensuring the provision of alternative sources of fueling to Nigerians in place of the traditional PMS, AGO and DPK,” Mr Saidu said.