*Govt identifies 48 sites for first phase *To generate 36,000 direct jobs, 200,000 indirect jobs
Upon commencement, the initiative tagged ‘National Gas Flaring Commercialisation Programme’, and being supervised by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh, rtd., will generate about 36,000 direct jobs and 200,000 indirect jobs in the Niger Delta, including six million households having access to clean and renewable energy.
However, unlike many other projects directly funded by the government, the programme will be fully funded by the private sector.