AERODROME Estate : ‘We’re building gas plant on commercial, not residential plot’ – Gas Land

The management of Gas Land Nigeria Limited has denied siting of its ongoing gas plant project within Aerodrome Estate, Samonda in Ibadan, noting that the project is on a commercial plot and not within any residential estate.

The reaction follows reports making the rounds in some section of the media that the company is planning to site a gas plant within Aerodrome Estate.

Its management, also  considered the reports as totally misleading and capable of portraying Gas Land Nigeria Limited as insensitive to the feelings of the people that the company is reputed for serving responsibly over the years.

This clarification is contained in a statement issued by Gas Land Nigeria Limited on Friday, emphasizing that the project site is on Sango- U.I road also known as Oyo Road, Ibadan and not within the estate.

It explained that the plot was designated on the Oyo State masterplan for the construction of NNPC Mega Station/ LPG Gas Plant.

The company further alleged that it was not unmindful of clandestine moves by a proprietor of a gas company who lives within the estate to instigate some unsuspecting members of the estate against Gas Land Nigeria Limited.

According to the statement,  the alleged proprietor had earlier persuaded the company to sell the land to him to build his own gas plant.

The statement read, “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.

“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.

“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

“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

It continued, “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.

“Gasland has been in this business for over 26 years and we are too experience on the job not to know where to site a gas plant to ensure the safety of lives and property.

“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.

“Safety of lives and properties are our main properties and we can never sacrifice this core value of ours for anything”, the statement concluded.

Gas Land Nigeria Limited, however appealed to the Oyo state government and  the people of the state  not to be deceived by the lies and misinformation contained in the said press release.