Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, today in South Korea, commissioned a new vessel of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) company which is expected to join in the fleet of the organization.
The vessel, Named ‘LNG Abuja 11’ is billed for the fleet of the NLNG and specifically for Bonny Gas Company, a subsidiary of the NLNG Ltd. It was built by Samsung and Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea.
The vessel was built with local content that earned Nigeria vast export revenue. A good number of Nigerian youths were part of the Crew in it.
Nigeria produces 22 million tons of LNG per annum and sold to North America and Europe by ships.
While performing the “naming ceremony” of the new vessel, Mrs. Buhari said that the acquisition of the new vessel was an additional impetus to the growth of export related businesses that will improve revenue generation for Nigeria, adding. “more than $10 million dollars was generated from the export of quality Nigerian materials to Korean shipyards”
According to Aisha Buhari expressed confidence that despite challenges in the global energy sector, Nigeria and south Korea will continue to occupy important positions with respect to international energy security and development.
She confessed that Nigeria is undergoing a process of change for improved quality of life of the people which has made it necessary for government to provide avenues for businesses to achieve their full potentials, adding: “I stand by this principle because that is how great countries like south Korea were built.”
The wife of the President commended the NLNG for the new stride even as she said that there was nothing that made her proud than the knowledge that Nigerians and Nigerian companies actively participated and benefited directly from the construction of the new vessel. [myad]
