Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday launched the Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, with an assurance that the residents of Lagos State would soon abandon kerosene stove.

Launching the Eko Gas in Surulere, Lagos, Fashola said LPG would now be the preferred choice of fuel and source of power in the state, urging the people to key into the project by embracing the use of gas.

The governor said the project would eliminate the hazards faced by the people such as kerosene explosion and respiratory diseases common among those cooking with firewood and charcoal. He said: “That is the simple message. This was what we used when I was a child.

We are back to the beginning. This was where we started. This is an initiative for the vulnerable people of the society who depend on firewood and charcoal to cook their food daily.

“For us as a government, the commitment to raise the standard of living of the poor people remains heightened. Cooking gas is no longer the preserve of the rich in Lagos.

We have intervened as a government to equalise and make the price of cylinder available at various prices. “I flag-off this project to symbolise the move to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in the quality of life that both categories live in the state.”

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So you know what it means to "phase out" undesirable things, yet you prefer to BAN okada and keke marwa and other things that make life a bit bearable for the poor in Lagos. Why didn't you introduce better alternatives that would naturally lead to the phasing out of these modes of transportation rather than banning them outright and leaving the poor to trek long distances and wallow in anguish with no options whatsoever?

You should not bother about phasing out kerosene; instead, you should take the easy (and customary) option of BANNING it outright in Lagos, so that every resident would compulsorily buy your so-called Eko gas, and put money in your pockets and Tinubu's bottomless pockets. Bloody numskull.

Long overdue Oga Fash! it's so annoying that people from this part of the world have a high increase of kerosene users. this shows the level of poverty in this country.