The federal government says it has a target of converting 250,000 vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) every year.
The government said it also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with key stakeholders in the transport unions to facilitate the conversion of vehicles to compressed natural gas (CNG).
Programme coordinator of the presidential compressed natural gas initiative (PCNGi), Folarin Oworu, who made this known at the conversion centre in Kaduna, said the pioneer beneficiaries of the conversion programme, targeted for 2025, are commercial vehicles.
He said the conversion process in Kaduna began with 100 conversion kits and the next rally location would be in Lagos.
Oworu further said the conversion initiative would cover all 36 states before the end of the year.
“Mr. president has decided to make conversion free for the road transport unions, that is, the NURTW, NATO and other road transport unions.
“The idea is to bring down the cost of commercial transportation by converting the vehicles of transport unions to make their running cost cheaper,” he stated.
Oworu said the conversion kits worth N1 million to N1.5 million depending on the type, are one 100 per cent free.
In his remarks, Najim Usman, a former national president of NURTW, commended the president’s PCNGi agenda and urged all transport unions to participate in the programme aimed at reducing transportation costs.
