30th May 2024
An Enugu-based LPG marketing company, Second Coming Nigeria Limited, has offered 30 per cent rebate in cooking gas price in commemoration of the one year in office of Enugu State Governor, Mr. Peter Mbah.
Declaring the reduction of prices of cooking gas open at the company’s plant on Wednesday in Abakpa-Nike, along Enugu-Nsukka Road, Mbah said that the gesture by Second Coming Nigeria Limited was a testament of the thriving business environment in Enugu State.
The company slashed the price of cooking gas from N960 to N672 per kilogramme, amounting to over N20 million subsidy for 4,000 residents with 12kg gas cylinders across its four branches within the state.
Mbah, who was represented by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Aka Eze Aka, said that the current administration had de-risked business environment and improved in all indices of Ease-of-Doing-Business in the state.
“Security for both investors and customers have been achieved as the State ranks as one of the safest states in the country; where everybody move around and engage in their business endeavour without fear of harassment and molestation.
As a Governor that understands the nature of business having been a businessman himself,The Governor has gone ahead to remove all bottlenecks that constitutes threat to business growth and survival by investing massively in road, water, electricity and other infrastructure for business to flourish in the state.
This administration is doing things differently as it carries a larger vision to move the state forward in all sectors and ensure that the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grows from the current $4.4 billion to $30 billion within eight years,” he said.
Collaborating Aka, Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Sunday Ajogwu, lauded the company for celebrating the modest achievements of Mbah in the last one year as well as joining to herald the innovation and productivity been driven by Mbah’s administration.
“We thank Second Coming for this sound Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), intervention which entails giving back and joining Mbah to put smiles on the faces of thousands of residents in the state.
We want more companies and investors to come in and take advantage of the progressive business environment and peace-loving people that Enugu State is blessed with courtesy of our amiable Governor, Dr Peter Mbah.”
Also speaking, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Dr. Basil Ogbuanu, said that the gesture was for two celebrations, adding: “We are celebrating our resulted-oriented and hardworking Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah and also celebrating our customers for standing with us”.
Ogbuanu said that Mbah, being a renowned oil and gas businessman before venturing into politics, had made those in the oil and gas sector proud with “his sterling performance, innovative ideas and passionate drive for business growth and survival”.
SOURCE:THE SUN