Newsgist-Cooking gas: Breaking cost barrier for indigent citizens

NEWSGIST-The socio-economic benefits of switching from kerosene, firewood and charcoal to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) are innumerable, but the cost barrier remains a major setback for poor Nigerians, DAYO OKETOLA writes 

It has been considered embarrassing that Nigeria, with its huge gas resources, has one of the lowest consumption rates of Liquefied Petroleum Gas popularly known as cooking gas in Africa. While statistics have shown that poor households in neighbouring countries like Republic of Benin and Ghana are already using gas for everyday cooking, Nigerians have remained on the threshold of using either kerosene, firewood, charcoal, animal waste or sawdust for cooking. Apart from its negative environmental effects, the health effects are also worrisome.

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