Ibadan – Hon. Dakuku Peterside, the Chairman,  House of  Representatives  Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), says the faulty  gas pipeline from Apapa to Ibadan will be repaired soon.

Peterside said this in Ibadan when he led his committee   on a visit to Gov. Abiola Ajimobi on Wednesday.

The lawmaker  said  Ibadan was strategic to other parts of the South West Zone  in the supply of petroleum products, adding that  whatever happens to Ibadan depot  would affect the entire region.

He said the repair of the gas pipeline became necessary  to offer cheaper and  alternative source of energy for cooking as  to kerosene  was no longer available at the control price.

Peterside, who said the committee was in the state to assess NNPC facilities as part of   its oversight function, called on government  for support in the repair of the pipe line which also supplies Kwara.

Responding,  the governor acknowledged the importance of the gas pipe line to the development agenda of his administration .

Ajimobi said that  availability of gas would enable the state to generate  electricity and also provide cheap energy for cooking.

He said government was already discussing with some investors that would use  gas to generate electricity for the state.

The governor gave an assurance that his administration  was ready to give necessary support in  the repair of the pipe line.(NAN)