A wani mataki mai ƙarfi na tabbatar da makomar makamashin Najeriya, Kamfanin Dangote Industries Limited tare da Kamfanin Man Fetur na Ƙasa (NNPC Ltd) sun kulla sabbin yarjejeniyoyin saye da sayar da gas (Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements GSPA) domin tallafawa gagarumin shirin faɗaɗa masana’antar Dangote.
An rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyoyin tsakanin Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Plant, Dangote Cement Plc da kuma rassan NNPC, Nigerian Gas Marketing Limited da NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company Limited (NGIC) a lokacin ƙaddamar da NNPC Gas Master Plan (NGMP 2026) a NNPC Towers, Abuja.
Gudanar da Manufar Vision 2030
Sabbin yarjejeniyoyin samar da gas ɗin za su hanzarta cimma burin Dangote Group na Vision 2030, ta hanyar samar da makamashi mai tsafta, ƙara yawan samarwa da kuma tabbatar da ci gaban masana’antu. A wajen rattaba hannu, David Bird, Shugaba kuma Babban Daraktan Dangote Petroleum Refinery, ya bayyana yarjejeniyar a matsayin “babban mataki” da zai tabbatar da wadatar makamashi ga ƙarin ƙarfin samarwa da ake shirin yi.
Arvid Pathak, Babban Daraktan Dangote Cement Plc, ya jaddada cewa yarjejeniyar ta tabbatar da wadatar gas don tallafawa amfani da CNG a matsayin Autogas, tare da ƙara ƙarfin samarwa ta hanyar amfani da makamashi mai tsafta. Dangote Fertiliser FZE, wanda Mustapha Matawalle ya wakilta, zai amfana da yarjejeniyar wajen faɗaɗa masana’antar takin zamani, kasancewar takin zamani na dogara da gas.
Ministan Jiha na Albarkatun Man Fetur (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, ya bayyana Gas Master Plan a matsayin “canji daga tsare-tsaren manufofi zuwa aiwatarwa cikin tsari,” yana mai jaddada matsayin Najeriya a matsayin ƙasa mai gas da za ta iya fassara manyan ajiyar gas zuwa sakamakon tattalin arziki mai auna kai.
Ya ce: “Najeriya na da ɗaya daga cikin manyan ajiyar gas a Afirka. Kalubalenmu ba ƙarancin albarkatu ba ne, amma yadda za mu fassara su zuwa wadatar gas mai dorewa, gina ababen more rayuwa zuwa daraja, da manufofi zuwa sakamako mai auna kai.” Ekpo ya ƙara da cewa shirin ya yi daidai da manufar Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Decade of Gas Initiative, wanda ya sanya gas a matsayin ginshiƙin tsaron makamashi da masana’antu a Najeriya.
Shugaban Kamfanin NNPC Ltd, Injiniya Bashir Bayo Ojulari, ya bayyana NGMP 2026 a matsayin “tsarin aiki mai ƙarfi da aka gina don aiwatarwa” wanda zai sauya Najeriya zuwa cibiyar gas mai gogayya a duniya. Ya nuna cewa Najeriya na da ajiyar gas mai tabbatarwa na cubic feet tiriliyan 210, tare da yiwuwar ƙaruwa zuwa tiriliyan 600, wanda ya sanya ta cikin manyan wuraren hydrocarbons a duniya.
Ojulari ya bayyana cewa shirin na da nufin wuce umarnin shugaban ƙasa na ƙara samar da gas zuwa biliyan 10 cubic feet a rana nan da shekarar 2027, da biliyan 12 cubic feet a rana nan da shekarar 2030, tare da jawo sabbin jarin da ya haura dala biliyan 60 a sashen man fetur da gas kafin shekarar 2030.
Ya ce: “Shirin ya fi mayar da hankali kan rage farashi, ingantaccen aiki, da ƙarfafa samar da gas ga wutar lantarki, CNG, LPG, Mini-LNG da manyan masana’antu.” Ojulari ya jaddada cewa NNPC ta rungumi tsarin haɗin gwiwa mai jawo jarin masu saka hannun jari, tare da cikakken haɗin kai da abokan hulɗa da masu ruwa da tsaki.
