DODOMA –\u00a0Tanzania imesema mradi wake mkubwa wa gesi iliyoyeyushwa (LNG) wenye thamani ya dola bilioni 42 unaendelea vyema, huku mazungumzo kati ya serikali na wawekezaji wa kimataifa yakifikia hatua za juu.<\/p>\n
Akizungumza bungeni wakati wa kipindi cha maswali kwa Waziri Mkuu, Mwigulu Nchemba alisema mradi huo ni wa kimkakati lakini pia ni tata, hivyo unahitaji tahadhari kubwa ili kulinda maslahi ya taifa.<\/p>\n
\u201cMazungumzo yanaendelea. Kwa kuzingatia ukubwa wa uwekezaji huu ambao haujawahi kufanyika nchini, ni muhimu kwenda kwa umakini ili kuhakikisha rasilimali za taifa zinalindwa ipasavyo,\u201d alisema.<\/p>\n
Mradi huo unatarajiwa kufungua hifadhi ya gesi asilia inayokadiriwa kufikia futi za ujazo trilioni 47.13 na kuiweka Tanzania katika nafasi muhimu kwenye soko la kimataifa la LNG.<\/p>\n
Hatua muhimu inayotarajiwa kufikiwa ni kusainiwa kwa Mkataba wa Serikali Mwenyeji (HGA) ifikapo katikati ya mwaka, hatua itakayofungua njia kwa uamuzi wa mwisho wa uwekezaji (FID).<\/p>\n
Mradi huo unaendelezwa na muungano wa makampuni makubwa ya kimataifa ukiongozwa na Equinor na Shell, ukishirikisha pia ExxonMobil, Pavilion Energy, Medco Energi pamoja na Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation.<\/p>\n
Mradi huo utatekelezwa Likong\u2019o mkoani Lindi Region na unatarajiwa kuzalisha hadi tani milioni 10 za LNG kwa mwaka utakapoanza kazi.<\/p>\n
Waziri Mkuu alisema mazungumzo sasa yamepanuliwa zaidi ya mtazamo wa kuuza nje pekee, ambapo serikali inalenga kubakiza angalau asilimia tatu ya gesi kwa matumizi ya ndani ili kukidhi mahitaji yanayoongezeka ya nishati.<\/p>\n
Aliongeza kuwa serikali pia inaweka mkazo katika ushiriki wa kampuni za ndani, akibainisha kuwa Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan ameagiza kuhakikisha kampuni za Kitanzania zinanufaika na mradi huo ili kukuza uchumi wa ndani na kuongeza mapato ya taifa.<\/p>\n
\u201cNi muhimu kuwezesha kampuni za ndani ili kujenga uchumi imara na kupanua wigo wa mapato ya serikali,\u201d alisema.<\/p>\n
Akijibu hoja za kuchelewa kwa mradi huo, Nchemba alisema Tanzania haijawahi kutekeleza mradi wa ukubwa huo, hivyo maandalizi ya kisheria na kisera yanahitaji umakini wa hali ya juu.<\/p>\n
Alisisitiza kuwa serikali itaendelea kulijulisha Bunge kuhusu maendeleo ya mradi huo.<\/p>\n
Mbali na LNG, Waziri Mkuu alieleza kuwa uwezeshaji wa vijana ni kipaumbele katika kufikia malengo ya uchumi wa dola trilioni moja, akitaja hatua mbalimbali zikiwemo mfuko wa dhamana wa shilingi bilioni 280 uliowekwa na Bank of Tanzania ili kurahisisha upatikanaji wa mikopo.<\/p>\n
Serikali pia inapanga kuanzisha kampuni maalum ya dhamana ili kupanua fursa za kifedha kwa biashara zinazoongozwa na vijana.<\/p>\n
Kwa mujibu wa serikali, zaidi ya vijana 600,000 hadi milioni moja huingia katika soko la ajira kila mwaka, huku mpango wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi ukilenga kuzalisha ajira zaidi ya milioni nane kati ya mwaka 2025 hadi 2030.<\/p>\n
Maendeleo ya mradi wa LNG pamoja na mikakati ya kuwawezesha vijana vinatarajiwa kuwa nguzo muhimu katika kuimarisha uchumi wa muda mrefu na usalama wa nishati nchini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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