Top 10 Personalities in Nigeria’s Cooking Gas (LPG) Industry

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• Author: Muyiwa Ige(LPG Stakeholder and Consultant)

1. Alhaji Auwalu Rano, GMD/CEO - AA Rano Limited

If there is one exceptional personality operating powerfully in Nigeria’s LPG industry that needs no introduction, it has to be Alhaji Auwalu Rano.

For anyone residing in Nigeria, it is indeed quite impossible not to notice his ubiquitous petroleum product tankers traversing the length and breadth of the country in their hundreds, on a daily basis.

His ultra-modern 6,000 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Ijegun, Lagos, as well as several LPG Skid and Standard Plants, scattered across the country, accord him the status of a brobdingnagian in the country’s LPG industry.

Nigeria’s LPG industry is fortunate to have a shrewd and creative investor with a large financial war-chest like Alhaji Auwalu Rano.

2. Mrs. Omowunmi Adebayo, MD/CEO - Gasland Nigeria Limited

If Niglpgas.com were a degree awarding higher institution, Mrs. Adebayo would have been appointed as an Emeritus Professor of LPG Business and Marketing, without fail.

This just goes to show the depth and profundity of the wealth of knowledge Mrs. Adebayo possesses in the marketing and sales of LPG in the country.

Being one of the leading voices advocating for the adoption and usage of LPG in South-west Nigeria in particular, and the country as a whole, her mastery of the cooking gas market, is almost second to none.

With multi-million dollar investments in the LPG industry that includes tens of world-class LPG Refilling Stations, tens, or perhaps, hundreds of LPG Bridgers/Bobtails and other key assets, her contribution to the growth of the industry is immense and notable.

Mrs. Adebayo is one of the few top players in the LPG industry that goes an extra mile to always make cooking gas available to her teeming customers at affordable prices.

3. Mr. AbdulWasiu Sowami, GMD - Prudent Group & Chairman – Ardova PLC

With Prudent Energy’s 6,000 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Oghara, Delta State and Ardova PLC’s LPG Terminal in Ijora, Lagos, which is nearing completion, Mr. Sowami is set to be the LPG investor that has the largest Terminal Storage capacity of a whopping 26,000 Metric Tons, in Nigeria.

When the LPG Skid and Standard Plants sited in over 100 Ardova PLC service stations and other stand-alone gas plants are thrown into the mix, the sheer magnitude of his investments in the LPG industry is absolutely staggering, to say the least.

Mr. Sowami is an entrepreneurial colossus, whose midas touch continues to impact positively on the growth of the LPG industry in Nigeria.

 4. Mr. Gabriel Ogbechie, MD/CEO – Rain Oil Limited

With over 25 years of solid experience - that has produced some excellent results, in the Oil and Gas sector in Nigeria, Mr. Ogbechie has most definitely paid his dues in the nation’s LPG industry.

Rain Oil’s state-of-the-art 8,000 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Ijegun, Lagos,  a number of LPG Refilling Plants, LPG Transport Bridgers, amongst his other notable investments in the LPG industry, cement his place in the hall of fame of LPG movers and shakers in Nigeria.

With investors like Mr. Ogbechie on the country’s LPG scene, the future of the industry is very bright.

5. Mrs. Nkechi Obi, GMD/CEO – Techno Oil Limited

Any list of the big shots in Nigeria’s Cooking Gas industry that does not include Mrs. Nkechi Obi, does not deserve any ‘molecule’ of attention.

Under her pragmatic and visionary leadership, Techno Gas has grown by leaps and bounds, setting up its trailblazing LPG cylinder manufacturing plant and 5-star 8,400 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Kirikiri, Lagos.

These laudable investments have improved the adoption of LPG and boosted the supply of the product in the country.

To put it succinctly, Mrs. Nkechi is a monumental blessing to the LPG industry in Nigeria.

6. Mr. Abdulkabir Aliu, GMD/CEO - Matrix Energy Group

As a top entrepreneur with a stellar reputation for distinction and a very sharp ‘eagle eye’ in prospecting for potentially viable business opportunities, it did not come as a surprise to bright minds in the LPG industry when he established the first LPG Terminal in the Delta/Rivers/Akwa Ibom/Bayelsa axis, in Warri, Delta State, on December 2017.

Matrix Gas, a subsidiary of his company, has gone on to establish several first-rate LPG Refilling Plants across the country.

He recently made Nigeria proud when he ‘sailed gracefully’ into the West-African Regional LPG ‘waters’ and inaugurated his 6,000 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Tema, Ghana.

 7. Alhaji Yakubu Maishanu, Chairman/CEO – A.Y.M Shafa Limited

The rise and rise of Alhaji Maishanu as a heavy-weight investor in Nigeria’s LPG industry is a welcome development to the stakeholders working towards the growth of the cooking gas industry.

With humungous multi-billion naira investments such as an ultra-modern 4,000 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Warri, Delta State, a number of LPG Refilling Plants and LPG Transport Trucks, his contributions to the advancement of Nigeria’s LPG industry cannot be overemphasized.

There is no doubt that his healthy appetite for expansion in the industry, converges perfectly with the industry’s need for more LPG storage and distribution infrastructure, to sustain its viable growth.

8. Mr. Stanley Obiamarije, MD/CEO – Stockgap Fuels Limited

The Oil producing state of Rivers, was without an LPG storage Terminal until Mr. Obiamarije rose gallantly to the occasion to construct and commission Stockgap LPG Terminal in 2019.

Stockgap LPG Terminal, with gigantic LPG tanks which have a combined storage capacity of 15,000 Metric Tons, has tremendously improved the supply and availability of cooking gas in Rivers State and its environs, thereby boosting the growth of the industry in the whole region.

Mr. Stanley Obiamarije, is eminently eligible to be included on the exclusive list of the crème de la crème investors, who are contributing tremendously to the growth of the LPG industry in Nigeria.

9. Mr. Suresh Kumer, MD/CEO – Nipco PLC

Mr. Suresh Kumer, who became the company’s Managing Director on November 1, 2020, is a seasoned Oil industry professional with over 20 years cognate experience, who has been very instrumental to the giant strides being made by the company in Nigeria’s cooking gas industry.

His foresight, diligence and high cerebral capacity has helped to place Nipco PLC at the summit of excellence in the cooking gas industry; which has made its 11,000 Metric Tons LPG Terminal in Apapa, Lagos, the favorite and busiest in the country.

Nipco’s several LPG/CNG Skid and Standard Refilling Plants, scattered all over the country, are beehives of favorable activities, thanks to the best industry practices put in place in the company, by Mr. Suresh Kumer.

10. Mr. Tom Omondi Oduol, MD – Navgas Limited

Mr. Omondi Oduol’s leadership capability is impressive, and is definitely not unconnected to the emergence of Navgas as a market leader in the LPG Terminal Business.

The very efficient Stock Management System put in place at Navgas, which makes it possible for the company to constantly have the product in its storage tanks, is an offshoot of Mr. Omondi’s sound management pedigree.

The whole environment in Navgas depot has been made very conducive for loading LPG, which is why LPG tanker drivers love it there.

Mr. Oduol is unarguably an indispensible asset in Nigeria’s cooking gas industry.