A stakeholders meeting to pave
the way for the construction of
Africa’s largest industrial gas city
in Ogidigben, Warri South West
Local Government Area of Delta
State was held yesterday in Warri
with Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan asking for
cooperation from all
communities in the area to
ensure the success of the project.
The multi-billion dollars project
would be located back to back
with EGTL (Escravos Gas To
Liquid) project. It is almost
similar to the one being
constructed by Chevron Nigeria
Limited and expected to be
completed in seven years.
The project, which will occupy a
land space of over 2,800
hectares will have among other
things a refinery, a gas plant, a
fertiliser processing plant and a
petrochemical plant.
The plant, when completed and
fully operational, is expected to
provide employment for more
than 200,000 persons of
different skills and professional
qualifications.
An excited Governor Uduaghan,
while briefing the stakeholders,
enjoined the people of the area
to cooperate with the Federal
Government, the NNPC and the
contractors handling the project
to ensure that the project got
underway without hitches.
Dr Uduaghan explained that “the
project is a blessing to Delta
State” as it will help to
strengthen the economy of the
state and provide employment
opportunities for people.
He also asked the people to shun
negative actions and comments
that may send wrong signals to
the international community.
His words: ”I appeal to you all to
cooperate with us in ensuring
that this project gets underway
and is successful. We have done
it with the EGTL project, so we
already have a template for
success. All we have to do is to
activate the same template and
ensure that this project is
delivered on schedule,” he said.
According to the governor, the
project will help to ensure that
the gas been flared is also
utilised rather than being wasted
and used to pollute the
environment.
The Group Executive Director, Gas
and Power of NNPC, Mr David Ige,
while briefing the people about
the project, said the project was
private-driven, aimed at proper
utilisation of the nation’s
hydrocarbon reserves and
expanding the wealth of the
country.
Mr Ige, who commended
Governor Uduaghan for his
spirited effort in ensuring that
the project remained in Delta
State, appealed for necessary
cooperation so that the project
could be delivered within the
stipulated time.
Participants at the stakeholders
meeting expressed delight at the
project, explaining that they
would do all within their powers
to ensure that the project went
on smoothly.
They said the benefits were
enormous and that every
community in the area would
join hands with the state and
Federal Government to ensure
that the project went on without
hitches.
The communities, which cut
across the Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje,
promised to cooperate with the
government but urged that
everyone should be carried
along.

I hope it will create jobs for d youths.. And I also hope government won't allow nepotism and favouritism to be the order of the day...

Sorry for sounding a bit pessimistic, but i'll believe it when i see it!

IGBO-SON:
Sorry for sounding a bit pessimistic, but i'll believe it when i see it!

gbam

onuwaje: I hope it will create jobs for d youths.. And I also hope government won't allow nepotism and favouritism to be the order of the day...

we just hope it comes to pass unlike the Warri Industrial Park which have enter voice mail

Evestar200: we just hope it comes to pass unlike the Warri Industrial Park which have enter voice mail

Is it a FG project? Or state govt? Cos all these people do is that they promise multi billion dollar projects and abandon them for the future leaders to build... Wat a country we re in

***yawns** na today?

Fresh Air!!!

onuwaje:
Is it a FG project? Or state govt? Cos all these people do is that they promise multi billion dollar projects and abandon them for the future leaders to build... Wat a country we re in

i think is a state project partner with F.G

Evestar200: i think is a state project partner with F.G

in that case... Expect a project that will be completed 2055

welcome to Nigeria the dreamland

Na today

Evestar200: we just hope it comes to pass unlike the Warri Industrial Park which have enter voice mail

Lmaoo

@ OP no source?

More jobs for kidnappers!

SLIDE waxie: More jobs for kidnappers!

which kidnappers are u talking about? The ones u imported from ur state or the one u re in?,,

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Evestar200: which kidnappers are u talking about? The ones u imported from ur state or the one u re in?,,

SLIDE waxie: More jobs for kidnappers!

Dem never build the plant una don dey delibrate on kidnappers.. Na wa for nigerians o

I know the west will not be happy with this news, but if them say na for lagos, eko oni baje noise for don full everywhere.....hypocrites

I hope this laudable project will be actualized

gidson12: I know the west will not be happy with this news, but if them say na for lagos, eko oni baje noise for don full everywhere.....hypocrites

Do you really think Lagosians or South westerners give a sh*t what goes on in Delta State??

Unfortunately for the delta folks and their drawing board dreams, Olokonla FTZ is going to be the Gas Capital of Africa and Dangote's $8 billion largest refinery in Africa and a deep sea port in Olokonla is just the beginning...

ba7man: Do you really think Lagosians or South westerners give a sh*t what goes on in Delta State??

Don't This is a pipe dream, but we already have the largest gas capital in Africa. Like I said up there, billions of dollars in investments is flowing in already so let them continue with their dreams and fantasies...

ba7man: Do you really think Lagosians or South westerners give a sh*t what goes on in Delta State??

Agbameta and Slidewaxie just answered u. Sane people like u may not give a shit. But jobless bigots like Agbameta will start doing exactly what the person u quoted said.

This project is in delta, it must fail. How come it's not in the southwest? bad belle go finish una.

atlwireles: This project is in delta, it must fail. How come it's not in the southwest? bad belle go finish una.

ur winch don pass winch o.. How naija go better with people like una?

Some pple in Nigeria are more than Wizard,,,what brought this useless debate about who give a damn of who and who have the Largest Gas City in Africa? Those who doesnt want their neighbour to prosper will never prosper,.They shall remain backward and See their neighbour moving forward,,SILLY PPLE WITH MENTAL BRAIN

Shyte project. olokonla all the way o'jare.

With the recent investments in the Niger deltas and the south eastern states, deep sea port in Akwa ibom, international airport in enugu, asaba, uyo, owerr, calabar, onitsha and aba soon, largest shopping mall in Aba, largest Cannings plant in Aba, largest malting plant in aba, largest industrial city in Aba , largest fuel and petroleum depot in ikot Abasi, largest dry dock and ship building plant in warri,independent power stations in Aba, uyo, rivers imo, car manufacturing plant in nnewi, largest brewery in onitsha, largest shoe clusters in Aba, LNG headquarters in port Harcourt and now the largest gas city in delta one can only summaries this way that the economic centre of gravity of Nigeria is shifting East wards.

Some bad belle people from the west have come here to say they don't give a damn about what happens in delta state.tomorrow this same people will be looking for how to annex warri and itsekiri people.

The okoloka some of you are talking of is another ajaokuta in the making.those oil wells obasanjo stole from delta state and ceaded to ondo will be returned to delta state just as the ilaje ijaw of ondo will be reunited with their kit and kin in delta state.

olabukola: Shyte project. olokonla all the way o'jare.

why wont it be shyte project, because the project is not in Lagos,ogun,Ekiti,Osun,ondo and oyo so it will be shyte project,,ENEMY OF PROGRESS

The good news is dat d industrious Nigerian. State leaders have always wanted to build dese industries n s*hit (who no like better tin) but problem na d FG. Development depends on where the president's from dats y most dreams are crushed.