- Nigeria will host the 2025 Gas Investment Forum in Lagos this October, headlined by Energy Adviser Olu Verheijen.
- The event will unite global investors and industry leaders to drive gas investment, industrial growth, and regional integration.
Organisers said on Monday, August 18, that Nigeria will host global gas investors and industry leaders in Lagos this October for the 2025 Gas Investment Forum (GIF).
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, will headline the two-day event as Chief Host and deliver the keynote address. Confirmed speakers include Ed Ubong, Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat; NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber; Akachukwu Nwokedi, President of the Nigeria Gas Association; and Wole Ogunsanya, Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria.
The international line-up features Andrea Stegher, President of the International Gas Union; David Oluseyi Ige, CEO of GasInvest Ltd; Abiodun Ogunjobi, Group Chief Technical Officer of Panocean Newcross Group; Eyono Fatayi-Williams, President of the Women in Energy Network; Damilola Owolabi-Osinusi, CEO of Selai Gas Station Ltd; and Oga Adejo-Ogiri, Executive Secretary of the Association of Local Distributors of Gas.
Osaze Isesele, the event director, said the forum has grown into a central platform for charting strategies to unlock investment in Nigeria’s gas value chain. This year’s theme is “Charting New Opportunities for Investment, Growth & Industrialisation.”
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources has endorsed the event, while the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission will co-host it, ensuring strong government and industry backing.
GIF 2025 will also feature a trade exhibition, enabling local and international firms to showcase technologies and investment-ready projects. Organisers said the forum aims to advance West Africa’s ambition of leveraging natural gas for sustainable development, energy transition, and regional integration, while positioning Nigeria as a hub for gas-driven industrial growth.
The forum noted that Sub-Saharan Africa will contribute 92% of the continent’s total natural gas demand growth by 2050. Nigeria is expected to add more than 75 billion cubic metres of gas between 2023 and 2050, driven by power generation, industrialisation, and petrochemicals expansion.