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The Federal Government has said it was considering the use of Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) which the country has in abundance to reposition the transportation sector in urban cities across the country.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adewole Adegoroye, when he received the report on “Implementation Report on National Strategy Development for the Adoption of CNG based for Transportation System in Nigeria’’ on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Minister while assuring that the report would be given prompt attention, appreciated his predecessor, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, who birthed the initiative to set up a committee on the initiative.
“I assure you that Nigerians must say something about us that when we were here, we took steps to getting things done and in tandem with what the world wants or what the world desire at this time”
Speaking further, the Minister said that green house gas emissions poses health and dire environment consequences and Nigeria cannot afford to lag behind considering that she is a signatory to Green House Emission Policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions in the environment.
Presenting the report to the Minister, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transporartion, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, stated that the report was sponsored by World Bank and executed by Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), through the Federal Ministry of Environment with highlights on strategic steps to take in the adoption of CNG vehicles in the transportation sector in the country. “It would help us in kick-starting the revolution in the transport sector with vehicle conversion to CNG on the adoption of CNG vehicles, for our road transport mode within the urban city to start with” Ajani said.
She added that the “Original Equipment Manufacturers in a couple of years will probably not be supporting vehicles that are powered by diesel or gas as everyone is moving towards Electric Vehicles (EV)” adding that the report takes into cognizance how Nigeria can move from diesel and Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) to natural gas and in about 10 to 15 years.
