Minister of state for petroleum resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and the Decade of Gas Initiative have started the distribution of free cooking gas cylinders to approximately 250 women in Sokoto State.
Ekpo, while speaking at the event held at International Conference Centre Sokoto yesterday, maintained that the distribution was part of the government’s initiative to provide one million homes access to clean cooking by the year 2030.
According to him, President Bola Tinubu approved the initiative because he was concerned about the health of his people.
He encouraged the women to transit from cooking with firewood, kerosene and charcoal to LPG, noting that it is clean, safe and beneficial to the environment.
Ekpo warned the women not to sell the cylinders, stating that gas would be available to them at a reduced rate.
Earlier, Governor Ahmed Aliyu thanked the minister for choosing Sokoto to flag off the programme.
