On Friday, the federal government announced the commencement of fresh compressed natural gas kits distribution to some federation states in its drive to foster rapid adoption of CNG.
The distribution was announced on Friday by the official of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Moses Onate, when he passed an inspection visit to the CNG kit warehouse located in Ibafo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
While speaking on the distribution method, the official disclosed that the government had decided to allocate 1,000 conversion kits to states like Lagos, Oyo, Kaduna, Ogun and the FCT, which will fasten the initiative’s adoption.
Onate disclosed that from the 1,000 kits available in the warehouse, currently, 450 have been distributed to Kaduna and Abuja, while 550 will be distributed to Lagos, Ogun and Oyo. He noted that the federal government, after the distribution of the kits to the state, had received no negative feedback.
He noted that ten CNG conversion centres had been established in Lagos state, which will help a quick conversion of vehicles and other automobiles.
He noted that if adopted the initiative will help the residents as the price of fuel in the country presently runs to more then one thousands naira while a litre of CNG cost about N210/N230.
He noted that if adopted, the people will enjoy the use of CNG as the margin which exists between the price is wide and will impact everyone and people will have a better life.
Austin Nwaodhu, reacting pipeline engineer at the warehouse, advised owners of vehicles in the country to adopt the use of the CNG initiative, stressing that it will give them a cheaper alternative to the purchase of fuel as it has low consumption, option rate and ser-friendliness.
He also spoke about the environmental friendliness of CNG; he disclosed that CNG does not emit much fumes into the atmosphere, which could cause harm to members of the public.
He noted that if adopted the initiative will reduce the rate of running of vehicles compared to the use of petrol.
In Nigeria, the cost of petrol has increased drastically, which has caused a high level of hardship for motor users in the oil-producing nation. In the early days of September, the government announced the increase in the sale of petrol, which has raised the price above N1000 naira in different filling stations across the country.
The conversion exercise, which the Federal Government claimed could reduce the cost of transportation by over 40 per cent, started in Abuja and Lagos.
