Kamfanin Man Fetur na Ƙasa na Najeriya (NNPC Ltd) ya gabatar da sabon Tsarin Gas Master Plan 2026 (NGMP 2026), wani muhimmin shiri da aka ƙirƙira domin sake daidaita bangaren iskar gas na Najeriya a matsayin ginshiƙin masana’antu, tsaron makamashi, da ci gaban tattalin arziki mai ɗorewa.
Taron gabatarwar, wanda aka gudanar a NNPC Towers dake Abuja, ya samu halartar manyan jami’an gwamnati, shugabannin masana’antu, da masu ruwa da tsaki. An bayyana taron a matsayin “mahimmiyar juyin juya hali” a tafiyar Najeriya ta sauyin makamashi, inda gwamnati ta nuna ƙudirin ta na amfani da manyan ajiyar iskar gas na ƙasar domin samar da ƙimar tattalin arziki da kuma gasa a matakin duniya.
A yayin kaddamar da shirin, Mai Girma Ministan Jiha na Albarkatun Man Fetur (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, ya jaddada cewa Gas Master Plan yana wakiltar sauyi daga tsara manufofi zuwa aiwatarwa cikin tsari.
“Gabatarwar yau ba kawai bayyana wani takarda ba ne; yana wakiltar sauyi zuwa bangaren gas da aka haɗa sosai, wanda kasuwanci ke jagoranta, kuma mai mayar da hankali kan aiwatarwa, daidai da burin ci gaban Najeriya,” in ji Ekpo.
Ya bayyana cewa kalubalen Najeriya ba rashin damar ba ne, sai dai yadda za a inganta albarkatun zuwa sahihin samarwa, gina ababen more rayuwa zuwa ƙima, da manufofi zuwa sakamako mai inganci.
Ministan ya jaddada cewa shirin ya fi mayar da hankali kan sahihancin samarwa, faɗaɗa ababen more rayuwa, sassaucin kasuwar cikin gida da ta waje, da kuma haɗin gwiwa na dabaru, yana mai nuna daidaituwarsa da shirin gwamnatin tarayya na Decade of Gas.
Shugaban Kamfanin NNPC Ltd, Injiniya Bashir Bayo Ojulari, ya bayyana NGMP 2026 a matsayin taswirar dabaru mai ƙarfi domin buɗe babbar damar iskar gas na Najeriya da kuma ɗaga ƙasar zuwa cibiyar gas mai gasa a duniya.
Ojulari ya bayyana cewa Najeriya tana da kusan 210 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) na ajiyar iskar gas da aka tabbatar, tare da yiwuwar ƙaruwa har zuwa 600 Tcf. Ya ce shirin ya tsara yadda za a wuce umarnin shugaban ƙasa na ƙara samar da iskar gas zuwa billion cubic feet 10 a rana nan da 2027 da kuma billion cubic feet 12 a rana nan da 2030.
“An yi tsammanin wannan shiri zai haifar da sama da dala biliyan 60 na sabbin jarin saka hannun jari a cikin sarkar darajar man fetur da iskar gas nan da 2030,” in ji Ojulari, yana ƙara da cewa shirin ya fi fifita rage kuɗi, ingantaccen aiki, da ƙarfafa samar da iskar gas ga wutar lantarki, CNG, LPG, Mini-LNG, da manyan masana’antu masu amfani da gas.
A cikin saƙonnin su, shugabannin masana’antu daban daban sun nuna cikakken goyon baya ga shirin. Mista Adegbite Falade, Shugaban Independent Petroleum Producers’ Group (IPPG) kuma Shugaba na Aradel Holdings, ya bayyana shirin a matsayin “ƙarfafa tattalin arziki,” yana mai alkawarin cewa IPPG za ta ba da gudummawa wajen nasarar sa.
Haka kuma, Matthieu Bouyer, Shugaban Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) kuma Manajan Darakta na TotalEnergies Upstream Companies a Najeriya, ya yaba wa NNPC Ltd bisa hangen nesa na Gas Master Plan, yana tabbatar da goyon bayan ƙungiyarsa ga ka’idojin gudanarwar shirin.
Daidaikun Shirin Gas na Shekaru Goma
NGMP 2026 an gina Shi ne a kan tubalin Nigerian Gas Master Plan na 2008, yana zama tsarin da aka tabbatar domin ci gaban bangaren gas cikin tsari a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa.
Ya yi daidai da shirin gwamnatin tarayya na Decade of Gas Programme, wanda ya sanya iskar gas a matsayin ginshiƙin tsaron makamashi na Najeriya, masana’antu, da sauyin makamashi cikin adalci.
Tare da NGMP 2026, Najeriya na nufin cike gibin tsakanin niyya da gaskiya, ta hanyar fassara manyan albarkatun iskar gas zuwa sakamakon tattalin arziki mai auna, tare da tabbatar da matsayinta a matsayin cibiyar gas ta duniya.
