President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Strategy and Information, Mr Bayo Onanuga has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited which had launched an ,’on-and-off’ CNG initiative in the past is joining the new Presidential initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and is expected to announce the locations for CNG refilling and conversion centres across Nigeria
He disclosed this in a statement made available to State House Correspondents on Sunday in Abuja.
The Presidential aide also made known that the PCNGI is working with 22 other agency partners, including the Standards Organisation of Nigeria(SON) and Nigeria Automotive Design and Development Council to deliver 80 Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Associated Appliances Standards for the country.
He noted that the soon to be completed gas pipeline projects initiated by the Former administration of President Muhammad Buhari and being completed by NNPCL (the AKK Pipeline) will take gas into the hinterlands of North East and North West where there is current paucity.
Monitoring Of CNG Initiative
Mr Onanuga stated that for proper monitoring, PCNGI will also launch MYCNG.NG App.
The app according to him will embed the Nigeria Gas Vehicle Monitoring Systems, which will show CNG conversion and refuelling sites in the country.
The Presidential aide added that in collaboration with the private sector, the PCNGI is set to deliver 100 conversion workshops and 60 refuelling sites spread across 18 states before the end of this year.
Mr Onanuga added that the vision of President Tinubu to deliver one million gas vehicles will not be realised without the involvement of the key players in the downstream sector of the transportation chain and financiers.
