NNPC and Oando Join Global Initiative to End Nigeria Gas Flaring

What changed

Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC and Oando have joined a global oil and gas initiative aimed at ending gas flaring. Their participation comes as gas flaring in Nigeria rose for the third consecutive year in 2025.

That timing is the central fact: Nigeria is signing onto a pledge while the underlying problem is getting worse.

Why it matters

Gas flaring is now both a stated policy target and a worsening national trend. The move puts NNPC and Oando inside an international effort to end the practice, but the available account gives no binding targets, funding, enforcement measures or timetable.

So the announcement is a starting point, not yet a demonstrated reduction in emissions. Its importance will turn on what follows: whether participation produces measurable action after a third straight annual increase.