Gasland Nigeria Limited has reacted to a purported petition by residents of Aerodrome GRA, Samonda, that it did not secure before siting its ongoing project.
Saying that the project site is on Sango- U.I road also known as Oyo Road, Ibadan and not within the estate, the company explained that the plot was designated on the Oyo State masterplan for the construction of NNPC Mega Station/ LPG Gas Plant.
Gasland’s reaction became important following protest by some residents of the estate.
The company also alleged that it was not unmindful of moves by a proprietor a gas company who lives within the estate to instigate some unsuspecting members of the estate against Gasland. This, they company said, was after the man in person persuaded the company to sell the land to him to build his own gas plant.
RE- RESIDENTS PETITION MAKINDE OVER SITING OF GAS PLANT
Our attention has been drawn to the above story in an online medium concerning our site project along Oyo Road, Samonda, Ibadan , Oyo State which is totally misleading and capable of portraying our company as insensitive to the feelings of the people that our company is reputed for serving responsibly over the years.
THE HARD FACTS WHICH ARE THE GOSPEL TRUTHS
1. We wish to inform the general public that our site in question is not situated within the Aerodrome Estate, Samonda, Ibadan. Rather , the site is along the Sango- U.I road also known as Oyo Road, Ibadan.
2. The Site is on a commercial plot and not within any residential estate as falsely stated in the press release. In actual fact, the plot was designated on the Oyo State maasterplan for the construction of NNPC Mega Station/ LPG Gas Plant
3. We secured all necessary and statutory approvals from all the agencies of the Federal and State Governments and these include approvals from (i) the Oyo State Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (ii) the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), (iii) Federal Ministry of Environment (iv) the State and Federal Fire Services , ( v) Federal Highway Services etc
4. We are not unmindful of the underground moves by the proprietor of a Gas Company who is a member of Aerodrome Estate to instigate some unsuspecting members of the Estate against our company and project after he failed to persuade us to sell the land to him to build his own gas plant.
5. Gasland has been in this business for over 26 years and we are too experienced on the job not to know where to site a gas plant to ensure the safety of lives and property.
6. To the glory of God, none of our gas plants operating all over the country including Oyo State has ever recorded any unfortunate incident including fire.
7. Safety of lives and properties are our main properties and we can never sacrifice this core value of ours for anything.
8. We are therefore appealing to the Oyo State Government and the people of Oyo State not to be deceived by the lies and misinformation contained in the said press release.
SIGNED BY
MANAGEMENT OF GASLAND NIGERIA LIMITED
