Kamfanin NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML), wanda shine reshen na Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, ya rattaba yarjejeniya da Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE kan sayar da gas.
Yarjejeniyar Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) ta nuna cewa NGML zai samar da 100 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMSCF/D) ga Dangote Refinery a Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, na tsawon shekaru 10.
Majalisar ya fara a ranar Talata a ofishin Dangote a Lagos, inda Manajan Darakta na NGML, Justin Ezeala, da Shugaban kungiyar Dangote, Aliko Dangote, suka sanya hannu.
Olufemi Soneye, wakilin kamfanin, ya bayyana cewa hadin kan haka zai tabbatar da samar da gas mai tsabta ga Dangote Refinery, wanda zai tabbatar da samar da wutar lantarki da kayan gini, haka kuma zai kara samun damar samar da kayayyaki na gida da ci gaban masana’antu a Nijeriya.
Ezeala ya ce, “Hadin kan haka shi ne babban matakai na kai ga gaskiya ga ra’ayin Shugaba Bola Ahmed Tinubu na amfani da albarkatun gas na Nijeriya wajen karfafa ci gaban masana’antu da tattalin arziqi.”
Kararrakin yarjejeniyar GSPA ya nuna cewa NGML zai bayar da 50 MMSCF/D na gas mai tsabta, tare da 50 MMSCF/D a kan hali mai kashewa, don cika bukatun rafin Dangote yayin da yake kusa yin aiki a cikakken karfin sa.
Wannan shirin bai da kudaden shiga ba (CAPEX) na kamfanin gas na gida a Nijeriya, wanda ya sanya shi tarihi, a cewar sanarwar kamfanin.
Rafin Dangote, daya daga cikin manyan rafukan man fetur a Afirka, zai taka rawar muhimmi wajen rage dogaro da Nijeriya kan kayayyakin man fetur da aka kawo daga waje, kuma samar da gas mai tsabta daga NNPC Ltd zai zama muhimmi wajen kai ga nasarar haka.
Aliko Dangote ya ce hadin kan haka shi ne muhimmi ga tsaro na dogon lokaci na neman bukatun makamashin Nijeriya, inda ya ce, “Ta hanyar neman bukatun makamashin gida, munayi gudumawa ga karfin tattalin arziqi na ci gaban masana’antu na Nijeriya.”
