Benue’s CNG Moment: Cheaper Journeys, New Livelihoods, Stronger Farms

For the trader who counts every naira spent getting goods to Wurukum Market, the commercial driver whose earnings disappear into fuel costs, the mechanic waiting for the next customer, and the farmer whose harvest loses value before reaching the market, the question of energy is not an abstract policy issue. It is a daily economic reality.
In Makurdi, Benue State, that reality took centre stage this week as the State Government convened a three-day workshop on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), opening a new conversation about cheaper transportation, alternative energy, technical skills and the possibilities of a new economic value chain.
Held from Monday, September 21 to Wednesday, Septem...