CNG scarcity sparks protest in Niger as motorists lament 3-month shutdown

From John Adams, Minna
Hundreds of angry motorists, yesterday, stormed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) mega station in Minna, Niger State, protesting the prolonged non-availability of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), which they said had rendered their converted vehicles unusable and frustrated their efforts to reduce transportation costs.
The protesters, many of whom said they had spent hundreds of thousands of naira converting their vehicles from petrol to CNG, expressed outrage that the dispensing facility at the station had remained out of operation for over three months without any indication of when supplies would resume.
They accused the management of th...