President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate distribution of 100,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion kits across the nation to reduce the effect of rising petrol prices on Nigerians as a result of the escalation of conflict in the Middle East.
This was made known on Tuesday by the executive chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (Pi-CNG), Ismaeel Ahmed, after his meeting with the president at the State House, Abuja.
He said, “The president, as usual, is always trying to get information on what is going on, especially with the war in the Middle East and the rising cost of petrol and diesel.
“He wanted to know what we are doing at Pi-CNG and Electric Vehicle (EV) to scale up the availability of gas and CNG everywhere in the country so that people would have less cost of transportation.
“So we have about 100,000 kits that we’re going to deploy in the next two to three weeks. The conversion centers will all be bustling with a lot of activities.
“We are working with so many other stakeholders that would incentivise and get it into the market immediately and be able to convert a lot of vehicles and tricycles for people to be able to access gas.”
He noted that 77 CNG refueling stations are presently under construction across Nigeria.
According to him, “Along the corridors, from Lokoja all the way to Abuja, Kaduna, Zaria, Kano, all the way to Maiduguri, these are all places that we are going to litter with a lot of refueling units. So it’s something that we’re looking forward to.
“The President wants results delivered very quickly so that Nigerians will be able to access the CNG and electric mobility.”