President Bola Tinubu has expressed his desire for petrol stations in the country to convert to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) outlets for ease of conversion and accessibility of products.
According to the minister of state for petroleum resources (gas), Ekperipke Ekpo, the president “gave a charge” regarding CNG, through the minister of information, during the FEC meeting on Wednesday.
“We are well aware that the president set up a presidential committee on the CNG to drive the CNG project.
“As a minister who has been supervising what has been going on there, it is left for us to inform the general public that CNG has come to stay, and we have to follow that route because CNG is safe, cheaper, and protects the environment,” Ekpo said.
The minister further stated that the president spoke about ensuring that “most of the filling stations across the country are converted into CNG stations, where you have the conversion kits so that people can convert their vehicles to CNG”.
Continuing, Ekpo said “It is important to note that when you are using CNG, you save a lot of money. A litre of fuel that can go for N1000, with CNG, you get it at N200, which saves you N800.
“I believe, with the passion of Mr. President, the push that he has given to us, we’ll try as much as possible to drive the CNG programme to reach all the nooks and crannies of this country, so that we will take advantage of the natural resources (gas) that God has endowed us with.”
On October 22, Tinubu said Nigerians now have options as they can choose between buying either petrol, at N1,000 per litre or CNG at N200 per standard cubic meter.