reported in the literature (Towler, 2014; Flores, 2014), which is shown in Fig. 2. Nigeria equally recorded significant improvement in gas development during this time. The annual growth rate was predicted to be steady at 2.75%. The decline in this prediction was highly noticed during the economic recession in 2008. Natural gas is reported to meet 21.4% of the world energy supply, third only to oil and coal. In the United States for instance, it is responsible for 24.3% of the energy supply, second only to oil (Towler, 2014). Nat- ural gas if properly harnessed could be the mainstay of any econ- omy as it is cleaner than crude oil. Russia has consistently dominating gas exploration until the innovation of shale gas in the United States. The resultant effect of greenhouse gasses could be a possible way to curb the continuous release of gasses into the na- ture. Today, the world is groaning under climate change and global warming there appear no solution in sight for now. Developing gas reserve in Nigeria is faced with enormous challenges and Nigeria appears not ready to tackle the problem head-on. The recent decentralization of Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA) seemed to have been the right step in the right direction but latest development in the sector call for urgent attention. Gas being the engine room for power generation in Nigeria need to be effectively harnessed. Government needs to allow oil companies to sell gas at international price to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and allows market forces to determine gas price in Nigeria. This process encourages gas companies and their interest is further protected when they can recoup cost of production from gas sale. The challenge of gas development is further compounded by communal agitation for resource control and environmental degradation of oil communities. The environmental impact of gas flaring is more pronounced in NigereDelta (Hassan and Kouhy, 2013) and there is need for government to encourage the super- vision and monitoring of gas pipelines by the local youth which invariably gives them a sense of belonging in petroleum industry. Engaging local youth reduces pipeline vandalism and sustain gas flow into power plants. This practice is recommended as a short term measure and the long term plan is the passage of Petroleum