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National Grassroots LPG Penetration Programme

NGLPP

Transforming 5 million Nigerian households through secure access to clean cooking gas by 2030.

A system-led programme to move households from toxic biomass fuels to safe, affordable LPG, targeting 25% national penetration.

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Households moved to LPG by 2030

25%

National LPG penetration target

1,000+

Women-led franchise nodes

Active states · Wave 0

The crisis we are solving

Nigeria holds the 9th largest gas reserves globally, yet LPG penetration is only 16%.

Heavy reliance on charcoal, firewood and agricultural waste harms forests, costs lives and slows the economy.

120 millionNigerians cook daily with toxic biomass fuels

16,000Premature deaths each year, mainly women and children

$3.2 billionLost economic productivity from gender and time poverty

18M tonnesOf wood consumed each year, driving deforestation

60%More than the global average paid by households for cooking fuel

Early progress: a ministry-backed regional rollout across the six geopolitical zones has distributed about 2,000 LPG cylinders through a grassroots awareness drive.

Our solution

A fully integrated, system-led recirculation programme.

NGLPP is a commercial model, not a one-time cylinder giveaway. It is built to solve three barriers together:

AffordabilityAccessibilityAdoption

Programme-owned, serialised cylinders

Biometrically tracked and tagged cylinders stay under programme control, preventing black-market leakage.

Structured 6-refill subsidy

Refills are digitally verified through Direct Benefit Transfer and taper from free to market price over 4–6 months.

Depot–hub–node delivery

More than 1,000 women-led franchise nodes build trust and provide last-mile access.

Central digital platform

Real-time tracking, refill verification, and Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (MRV).

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Impact at scale

Transforming Nigeria's socio-economic landscape.

Projected benefits of moving 5 million households from wood to gas over five years.

5,000,000Households transformed · 25M people reached

40,000+Lives saved over five years

60%Reduction in respiratory illness

$900MHousehold savings over five years

5,000+New jobs across the value chain

12.5M tCO₂e reduced every year

2.7MCars' worth of emissions removed every year

60M hrsFreed every year for women and girls

Active states

Wave 0: proving the model for the full pilot launch.

Two live deployments of 3,000 households each are testing the operating model ahead of the 100,000-household pilot.

First live deployment

Bayelsa State

Active

NGLPP's first live deployment: a 3,000-household Wave 0 testing the operating model before the full pilot.

Target households: 3,000
Franchise nodes: 30
Wave: 0

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Second live deployment

Akwa Ibom State

Active

NGLPP's second live deployment: a 3,000-household Wave 0 designed to prove the operational model ahead of the full pilot.

Target households: 3,000
Franchise nodes: 30
Launch: 20 Aug 2026

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Next: the full pilot

100,000 households, building on what Wave 0 proves.

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Partner with us to drive sustainable cooking solutions.

The NGLPP model supports national climate commitments and offers an evidence-based way to drive socio-economic change.

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