FG plans mobile CNG stations to power rural farming, cut irrigation costs

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
The Federal Government is considering deploying mobile Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations to rural communities to enable farmers to switch from expensive petrol and diesel to cheaper gas-powered irrigation and reduce agricultural production costs.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential CNG Initiative and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV), Ismaeel Ahmed, disclosed this at an Abuja roundtable on Promise to Proof: The Renewed Hope Conversation, organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Progressive Strategy Roundtable.
Ahmed said the proposed mobile stations would address the challenge of limited gas infrastructure...