FG dey plan to roll out 2,700 CNG-powered buses and tricycles ahead of President Tinubu’s first anniversary in office

April 22, 2024

The Presidency don talk say dem dey ready to launch critical assets for deployment and launch of di compressed natural gas (CNG) initiative before May 29 wen President Bola Tinubu go turn one year for office.

Di Special Adviser to di President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, wey reveal dis for one statement wey im sign Sunday, tok say di Federal Government don set to deliver 100 conversion workshops and 60 refuelling sites wey dey spread across 18 states before di end of 2024.

Im talk say from di end of May, Nigeria go begin take some small steps to join countries wey don get plenty fleets of CNG vehicles.

Dem talk say for all, dem dey target produce over 600 buses for di first phase wey go complete for 2024, while one new plant for di Lagos-Ibadan Expressway go assemble thousands of tricycles, and about 2,500 of di tricycles go dey ready before May 29, 2024.