As part of its effort to quicken the adoption of CNG as alternative fuel for vehicles, the federal government through the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) last Thursday signed a MoU with conversion workshops to fasttrack the CNG conversion process.
The following day, P-CNGi flagged off the implementation of the free and discounted conversion of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles belonging to road transport owners and e-hailing ride companies to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Abuja.
The government aims to convert 20,000 vehicles to CNG in the next three months, with plans to expand to a minimum of 300,000 conversions annually. Ultimately, the target is to convert one million vehicles to CNG-powered vehicles by 2027 through a combination of government and private sector partnerships.
The P-CNGi had earlier released a list of centers across many parts of the country where conversion workshops are already functional or about to be set up to enable Nigerians drive in to convert their vehicles free of charge or at highly subsidised rates.
Today, the P-CNGi released an updated list of CNG conversion centres across Nigeria. Over 200 centers are expected to be built over the next few months as the Presidential CNG Initiative ramps up its adoption model.
