Shugaban Najeriya ya nemi a kara samar da iskar gas

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An ruwaito cewa, a kwanan baya, Jonathan, shugaban Najeriya, ya yi kira da a kara samar da iskar gas, saboda rashin isassun iskar gas ya riga ya kara tsadar masana'antun tare da yin barazana ga manufofin gwamnati na sarrafa farashin.A Najeriya iskar gas shine babban man da akasarin kamfanoni ke amfani da shi wajen samar da wutar lantarki.

A ranar Juma’ar da ta gabata ne kamfanin Dangote Cement Plc wanda ya kasance kamfani mafi girma a Najeriya kuma kamfanin kera siminti mafi girma a Afirka ya bayyana cewa kamfanin ya yi amfani da man fetur sosai wajen samar da wutar lantarki saboda rashin isassun iskar gas wanda hakan ya sa ribar kamfanin ta ragu da kashi 11% rabin hannu na wannan shekara.Kamfanin ya yi kira ga gwamnati ta dauki matakan magance matsalolin iskar gas da man fetur.

Shugaban kamfanin Dangote Cement Plc ya ce, “Idan babu wutar lantarki da mai, kamfanin ba zai iya rayuwa ba.Idan ba za a iya magance matsalolin ba, zai kara ta'azzara hoto da tsaro a Najeriya da kuma yin tasiri ga ribar da kamfanoni ke samu.Mun riga mun rasa kusan 10% na iya aiki.A cikin rabin na biyu na bana, za a rage yawan siminti.”

A farkon rabin shekarar 2014, yawan kudin da aka samu na siyar da simintin Lafarge WAPCO, Dangote Cement, CCNN da Ashaka Cement, manyan kamfanonin kera siminti guda hudu a Najeriya sun karu daga NGN biliyan 1.1173 a shekarar 2013 zuwa biliyan 1.2017 NGN a bana da kashi 8%.

Ma'adinan iskar gas na Najeriya ya kasance a matsayi na farko a Afirka, wanda ya kai murabba'in cubic triliyan 1.87.Duk da haka, rashin na'urorin sarrafawa, yawan iskar gas da ke tare da haƙƙin mai yana tofa ko ƙone a banza.Alkaluman da ma'aikatar albarkatun man fetur ta fitar sun nuna cewa, a duk shekara ana asarar iskar gas akalla dala biliyan 3.

Hasashen haɓaka ƙarin wuraren samar da iskar gas-bututu da masana'antu na hana gwamnati sarrafa farashin iskar gas tare da janye masu zuba jari.Bayan da aka yi jinkiri shekaru da yawa, a ƙarshe gwamnati ta ɗauki iskar gas da mahimmanci.

Kwanan nan, Diezani Alison-Madueke, ministar ma’aikatar albarkatun mai ta bayyana cewa, farashin iskar gas zai karu daga dala 1.5 a kan ko wacce kafa miliyan zuwa dala 2.5 a kan ko wace kafa miliyan, ta kara da wani 0.8 a matsayin kudin sufuri na sabon karin karfin aiki.Za a daidaita farashin iskar gas akai-akai bisa ga hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a Amurka

Gwamnati na sa ran kara samar da iskar gas daga kafa miliyan 750 zuwa cubic feet a kowace rana a karshen shekarar 2014, ta yadda za a iya kara samar da wutar lantarki daga megawatt 2,600 a yanzu zuwa 5,000MW.A halin yanzu, kamfanonin kuma suna fuskantar mafi girma kuma mafi girman iskar gas tsakanin wadata da buƙata.

Oando, mai samar da iskar gas a Najeriya, ya ce kamfanoni da dama na fatan samun iskar gas daga gare su.Yayin da iskar gas da NGC ke yadawa Legas ta bututun Oando zai iya samar da wutar lantarki megawatt 75 kawai.

Bututun Escravos-Lagos (EL) yana da ƙarfin da ke watsa daidaitaccen iskar gas 1.1 cubic feet kowace rana.Sai dai duk iskar gas din ya kare ne daga masana'antun da ke kan Legas da jihar Ogun.
NGC na shirin gina wani sabon bututu mai layi daya da bututun EL ta yadda zai iya tada karfin watsa iskar gas.Ana kiran bututun a matsayin EL-2 kuma an gama kashi 75% na aikin.An kiyasta cewa bututun na iya shiga aiki, ba a farkon ƙarshen 2015 aƙalla ba.