xThe president said that Nigeria was already transitioning from petrol–Premium Motor Spirit– to natural gas, which was accepted more or less as a transition fuel, the bridge to renewable energy. According to Buhari, Nigeria supports the goal of the Commonwealth in outlining responsible transition pathways to decarbonise and achieve net and negative zero emissions. “We also have our Natural Gas Expansion Programme, this is where we are using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), to replace the use of Petrol, and this is going on now. ” But unfortunately, what we are seeing is the move towards defunding of natural gas projects by the EU, and the World Bank has also been indicated that natural gas projects would be defunded. The meeting also discussed the economic recovery and sustainable economic transition priorities of member-states.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2021 05:15 UTC