The Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has dismissed claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that she influenced the citing of the five mini-Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants in Ajaokuta, Kogi State.
Jarigbe rather said the senate through its Committee on Gas, actually influenced the siting of the five mini-LNG Plants in Ajaokuta.
The Cross River North Senator in a press statement he issued and personally signed in Abuja on Sunday, said the clarification was necessary in view of the social media comments linking the incident at the Senate chamber last week Thursday to Natasha’s roles in facilitating the projects to her state.
Setting the records straight, Jarigbe clarified that the five mini-LNG plants namely, Prime LNG, NGML/Gasnexus LNG, BUA LNG, Highland LNG, and LNG Aretee were private sector-driven initiatives and not federal government projects.
Jarigbe said he was reacting to recent misconceptions and inquiries raised by concerned Nigerians regarding the citing of the five mini-LNG plants in Ajaokuta.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had on Friday during a telephone interview on a live Human Rights radio show, popularly known as ‘Brekete Family’ in Abuja while narrating her side of the face-off between herself and the Senate President Godswill Akpabio made reference to the projects.