The Federal Government (FG) has introduced a portal to allow youths access to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered tricycles also known as “Keke Napep”. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande stating that it was designed to ensure transparency for youths to enlist into the Presidential CNG Initiative (PiCNG), adding that it can be accessed via www.youthcng.ng for eligible youths to apply.
The Minister said, “Through the portal, youth anywhere from across Nigeria can sign up to be merged with aggregators or owners who work directly with the PiCNG programme, while beginning the process of becoming owners themselves.
“In simple terms, what we aim to achieve with the youth portal we are about to launch is to build transparency around the process of enlisting youth into the Presidential CNG Initiative in the transportation sector”.
“What this means is that we are opening the process, and any young person willing and ready to take advantage of the program can participate. This is consistent with the aspiration of President Ahmed Tinubu, who desires that all government programmes and initiatives of government offer the same level of opportunity to everyone, either rich or poor, low or high.”
A visit to the portal by Vigil360 showed requirements such as full name, National Identity Number (NIN), State of Origin, amongst other requirements.
Recall that on October 1 the PiCNG and the Ministry of Youth flagged off the distribution of 2,000 CNG-powered tricycles with the view of empowering Nigerian youth.
