The federal government has commenced the process for nationwide deployment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles.
Not less than 530 buses are to be deployed by the end of the month in six pioneering states.
These are Oyo, Lagos, Kwara, Kogi, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
Programme Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) Michael Oluwagbemi stated this yesterday.
It was during the event signaling the commencement of 15-day-long activities ahead of the rollout.
He said the distribution is on a demand-led basis. He added that efforts would be accelerated at the conversion of diesel and petrol-fuel engines across the country.
According to Oluwagbemi, President Tinubu has directed the PCNGI to ensure the conversion of at least 10 per cent of the total number of vehicles in the country in the first year of the rollout of the initiative.
The programme began yesterday in the Southwest with the Presidential (virtual) commissioning of the critical gas supply projects.
Today, the team will inspect the Jets and Mikano Factory along with representatives of the Ministry of Labour and workers unions.
“These programmes are a fulfilment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s promise to drive Nigeria’s energy transition in the transportation sector leveraging CNG and enabling economic growth,” Oluwagbemi stated.
