The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of cylinders manufacturedby a Nigerian company for the flag off of its Welfare Scheme. The cylinders were produced at Oil’s newly-built Liquefied PetroleumGas LPG manufacturing plant in Lagos, which started rolling out cylindersearlier this year. The company which has since secured certifications by variousagencies, including the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON is producing incommercial quantities for Nigeria and overseas markets. On April 11, the Army inaugurated a scheme, knownas the Nigerian Army Welfare, and followed up with the inauguration of aLiquefied Petroleum Gas LPG plant at the Mambila Barracks in Abuja.Theevent was witnessed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, IbeKachikwu, who directed that filling stations would henceforth host LPG plantsas part of efforts to deepen cooking gas usage in Nigeria.