President of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Oladapo Olatunbosun, says most Nigerians engage in means of cooking that are detrimental to their health because for many years the Nigerian government neglected liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Speaking on Channels Television’s special 64th Independence programme, Channels Forum, on Tuesday, Olatunbosun said the lack of access to clean means of cooking increases the medical bills of most Nigerians.
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“I think the most essential aspect of energy that is critical to human beings is cooking energy, how do we process our food?” Olatunbosun queried.
“And unfortunately in this part of the world, we neglected that aspect and the majority of Nigerians are cooking with means that are not preferable and that are not healthy for them.
“They waste time, it shortens their lifespan, they increase medical bills because we don’t have access to a clean and the most acceptable means of cooking and that is LPG.”
He lamented that Nigeria has a huge deposit of LPG but it has remained inaccessible to many Nigerians and subjected them to using alternatives that are not healthy to them.
He said that most of Nigeria’s gas deposits are flared because the country is more focused on getting crude oil.
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