An indigenous firm, Autolady Engineering Technology Limited, under its subsidiary company, Autogas Nigeria is set to train 1000 Nigerian technicians and non-technicians across the country on converting petrol vehicles to gas-powered engines.
It said this would help to mitigate the adverse impact of the fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians.
The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the firm, Joyce Daser-Adams said the training was also a measure taken to accelerate the Nigerian government’s Autogas policy aimed at achieving its 2060 Net-zero carbon reduction agenda.
She said, “As it is believed that by the year 2030, cars-on-gas adoption would have significantly contributed to mitigating the impact of climate change as well as meet the targets of the national gas Expansion Programme.”
She noted that the series of training, which would take place across the country, would kick start from Lagos State for one-week intensive training programme for experienced and inexperienced technicians.
“The training will also follow workshop attachment for professional proficiency, and professional certifications.
The training seeks to empower technicians with the required technical know-how on safe autogas conversion using Compressed Natural Gas positioned as a more affordable option in the face of rising fuel costs,” she explained.
Call For Collaboration
She however, called on the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC as an agency for automotive sector to collaborate and support the Autolady Engineering firm initiative to reduce the cost of training the technicians and as well as conversion kits for the average Nigerians.
Autolady Engineering firm had in 2021 collaborated with other technical partners to train over 150 technicians across the country on autogas conversion.
It has also converted vehicles for several organisations which include the Nigerian Police Force, The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria,COREN, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and many others for free.
The firm has opened its portal for interested auto mechanics and automobile technicians across Nigeria to register for the training which would commence in the month of September.
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