- He explained that the CNG initiative aims to ensure that commercial drivers benefit from this palliative measure designed for transporters
Michael Oluwagbemi, CEO and Program Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative, announced that 30,000 CNG conversion kits have been ordered and will be distributed to commercial drivers within the next 90 days.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Oluwagbemi made this disclosure at the Park-to-Park CNG Conversion Mobilization event on Saturday in Lagos.
He explained that the CNG initiative aims to ensure that commercial drivers benefit from this palliative measure designed for transporters.
“We have been across over 14 states; we have been to Ilorin, Ekiti, Lokoja, Aba and Port Harcourt; we have been to the South-East, even to the north.
“Nigeria should believe in this project; there might be some challenges, but we should believe in it.
“This is our country, so we need to support this programme, support President. Don’t be negative; we should be positive in this,” he said.
Oluwagbemi pointed out that CNG was cheaper, cleaner, safer and more reliable, adding that it had 40 per cent less steel emissions and 90 per cent fewer pollutants in the air.
“Definitely, there is an advantage to using CNG for the environment. We are already flaring gas. What we are saying is that instead of flaring gas, we use it for the growth of the economy,” he said.