Following the aftermath of the gas explosion which claimed a life in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital last week, the Federal Government has said it would stop granting licences to gas companies with no capacity to build pipelines for gas distribution.

Minister of State For Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, who stated this when he visited Abeokuta for an on-the-spot assessment of the CNG explosion at Ita Oshin, said the development became imperative to discourage the transportation of compressed natural gas through the roads.

The gas minister emphasised, that there was the need to stop virtual gas transportation, saying the Federal Government was putting efforts in top gear to build pipelines for seamless transmission of CNG.