His Royal Highness, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji (Dr) Aminu Ado, CFR has, on behalf of the good people of Kano, expressed enthusiasm about the ongoing Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Natural Gas pipeline project.
The Emir expressed the enthusiasm while speaking as the royal father of the day at last Thursday’s 6th Valuechain Annual Lecture and Awards, held at the Auditorium of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).
He told the gathering that “I am particularly delighted to convey the enthusiasm of the good people of Kano, about the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Natural Gas Pipeline project, running through communities, states and cultures while harnessing economic linkages along the corridor”.
According to the Emir whose presence added glamour to the occasion, “it is equally noteworthy and commendable that, the Federal Government has, through the PIA, mustered the political will to liberalize the Petroleum industry for fair participation and harmonious relations between the players, regulators and host communities under an emerging regime of energy transition.
“As we all set our minds on the 2060 net zero target for carbon emission, we want to call on the government to intensify efforts to make sure that Nigeria reaped all the benefits it could from its abundant gas resources”.
Alhaji (Dr) Bayero who is also the chairman of the Valuechain Advisory Council inferred that part of the evolving dynamics “ahead of us all, most especially the energy industry stakeholders, is the matter of energy transition, for which a carefully chosen theme has been built around the many prospects of Midstream Gas Development.
“To get to the point of this assurance, however, I must acknowledge and commend the Federal Government for spearheading the viable transition through the promulgation of the Petroleum Industry Bill (Act). This instructive leap has reinforced the much-needed linkages between the upstream and downstream value chain and has enabled higher prospects for foreign and local investments in the sector.
It is not out of place, he continued, to rely on the many assurances that will be harvested as the outcome of robust deliberations from this gathering, given the caliber of eminent persons seen here today, whose footprints are instructive at policy levels in the sector and industry.
“Your Excellences, Special and Distinguished guests, within the prevailing opportunities that the transition offers, I wish to identify with the likely benefits for growth of enterprises, particularly small businesses that may now be encouraged to thrive with enabling incentives for the prosperity of our people and our communities.
“In closing, I would like to extend my goodwill to the newly appointed Ministers of State in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and assure them of our continuous support and goodwill. While I am hopeful that, the vast ideas that will be shared here today will further provoke and chart the cause for a broader complementary role among the major policy stakeholders”, the Emir noted.