FG Targets 1m CNG Vehicles To Reduce Transport Fares

The federal government has renewed efforts to deploy one million compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered vehicles across Nigeria, directing officials to accelerate investments in refuelling stations and vehicle conversion facilities to reduce transportation costs.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, gave the directive in Abuja over the weekend while receiving progress reports from the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles and the Decade of Gas Secretariat.
Ekpo said the government must ensure that its autogas policy delivers tangible benefits to Nigerians, particularly by reducing transport fares following the removal of ...