These CNG stations, according to
The Nigerian
The Minister of State for
The stations commissioned in
In Lagos State, the stations are located at Lateef Jakende, Agidingbi,
These CNG stations, according to
In
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement at the time, said the initiative furthered the president's commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians by reducing energy costs.
Following
The stations
Commissioning the stations in
"Today is a great day in the history of
"We demonstrate the willingness, and determination of the federal government to drive the CNG project. And of course, as the president said the gas for prosperity renewable program is in progress,"
"I commend the NNPC for living up to the mandate of their establishment to work through and make sure CNG is available for Nigerians. It is irreversible. We are talking about CNG. We are going into CNG. Are you sure we will be able to sustain it?
"From the daily production in the country currently, we are only using three per cent. That goes a long way to tell you that irrespective of the demand, we will meet the target, and of course, the
Also speaking, Mele Kyari, the
He noted that the Abuja station will soon connect to the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline, becoming a mother CNG station.
"The stations' power needs are met by gas-driven generators, reducing carbon emissions. The CNG station on
Together, he said the Abuja and Lagos stations have a combined dispensing capacity of over six million standard cubic feet (MMSCF) of CNG per day serving approximately 15,000 vehicles daily.
He explained that this ensures continuous, reliable, affordable and safe CNG supplies to motorists across various regions.
"We are providing cheaper and cleaner fuel, and we are also utilising the free resources that God has made available to our country, which we have not utilised for a long time. And this will not happen until we have a focus.
"I want to thank Mr President for giving us the push that this is possible and we are seeing it happen. It is being rolled out across the country and we are seeing the benefits. People are happy, it is a cleaner and cheaper fuel and it is accessible.
"What we are going to do is to roll out stations all across the federation, it is already a work in progress to construct six CNG model stations across the country between now and December. More CNG stations are under construction by
In his remark,
"These stations represent a major step in expanding our CNG presence in the country, marking an important moment in our efforts to diversify
He said adding CNG to NNPC retail stations provides
"CNG will be about 40 per cent cheaper than petrol in
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