The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has departed Abuja early on Monday to participate at the World Liquified Petroleum Gas Association forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he will be delivering the keynote address.
This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement titled, ‘VP Osinbajo to deliver keynote address at 2021 Global Forum on Liquified Petroleum Gas in Dubai this week’.
According to Akande, world leaders, top government ministers from several countries and Chief Executives of major multinational corporations in the Liquified Petroleum Gas sector around the globe will be attending the week-long 2021 World LPG Week from Sunday through Thursday this week under the auspices of the Paris-based World LPG Association.
Osinbajo will be speaking on Tuesday on the theme of the LPG Week -“Energising Tomorrow.”
The forum is expected to attract over 2,000 delegates from 72 countries.
The World LGP Week, which was first held in Amsterdam in 2019, is an annual event bringing together major LPG companies, senior public sector officials, industry experts and other relevant stakeholders within the Liquified Petroleum Gas sector.
This year’s LPG Week, which will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre, creates an opportunity for global stakeholders to engage with the activities lined up, including a global exhibition, technology conference, the LPG Development Summit, among others.
The World LPG Association was established in 1987 and granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, in 1989.
WLPGA is the umbrella association that globally coordinates the LPG industry.
The Vice President is expected back in Abuja on Thursday.
