Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the plan by the Federal Government to convert cars of Nigerians to run on Compressed Natural Gas will start with commercial vehicles.

He said the plan was already being experimented in Edo State where he said Dangote firm had converted all its trucks to run on gas.

According to a statement on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the vice-president disclosed this during an interview he had with State House correspondents on Sunday.

The statement was titled, ‘President understands pains of Nigerians, working out further palliatives -VP Osinbajo.’

Osinbajo was quoted as describing the plan as one of the strategies the Federal Government was adopting to make energy cheaper for Nigerians to carry out their daily activities.

He said, “One of the ways is by using Compressed Natural Gas. Government is committed to do the conversion. First of all, we are starting with commercial vehicles.

“Most commercial transporters will have the capacity to use both gas and petrol. That is already being done experimentally in Edo State.


Dangote, for instance, has converted all his trucks to the use of CNG, and that is 4,000 or even more of those trucks. It is not a particularly difficult thing to do for the commercial transporters, it may be expensive for the individual but that is also part of the commitment of government, to be able to do the conversion, and the price of gas comes at about almost half the price of petrol.”

The vice president said the government was involved in other ways to reduce the burden on Nigerians, saying nobody expected a downturn in the economic fortunes of the country occasioned by the fallouts of COVID-19 pandemic.


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Wawu! How soon o?

Nice move! This is Welcoming development

Hoojay:
Wawu! How soon o?

Soon because the conversion rate is still negligible; started already in Edo. There is a conversion house there and about 2000 vehicle have already been concerted and Dangote trucks run on gas already

the price of gas comes at about almost half the price of petrol.”... this is good. At least transportation go reduce

TheRareGem1:


Soon because the conversion rate is still negligible; started already in Edo. There is a conversion house there and about 2000 vehicle have already been concerted and Dangote trucks run on gas already

That's cool then!

It will end in premium tears for nigerians

Osinbajo always making promises like a man that's about to CUM

Can't he just Shut up and CUM if he wants to but he shouldn't be making promises

This is a good move

However Government should just supply the Carbonator for free and let engineers do the conversion to make little income

Charleys:
It will end in premium tears for nigerians

Explain how?

CanineOfJackal:
Osinbajo always making promises like a man that's about to CUM

Can't he just Shut up and CUM if he wants to but he shouldn't be making promises

Bruv. This is already ongoing in Edo state and all Dangote trucks have already been converted. Yet to circulate but it is ongoing.

Wow this is very good

This will be a goddess development because it will be cheaper and easy to get.

This is a very good move as its a cheaper alternative and will also help save cost which will reduce the price of transportation of goods and services.

CanineOfJackal:
Osinbajo always making promises like a man that's about to CUM

Can't he just Shut up and CUM if he wants to but he shouldn't be making promises

What the hell are you talking about? Una go display ignorance everly.

The thing this shallow govt doesnt get is that the price of every product is driven by demand in relationships to supply , if you move vehicles to the the limited gas supply market then the demand increases drastically leading to hikes in Gas price as demand outstrips supply ...You have not improved Nigerias Gas capacity and you want to drive a stampede demand there

At the end "OYEL", will be at the xame rate with palm oil.......

Ikeast:
At the end "OYEL", will be at the xame rate with palm oil.......

palm oil has more value than crude oil.

Shooyie:


What the hell are you talking about? Una go display ignorance everly.

Your ignorance here is what I'm trying to decipher

theenchanter:
palm oil has more value than crude oil.

How?, please explain....

What of generators?

Ikeast:
How?, please explain....

u can check their prices in d international market urself.

This man and trash talk ehhh

vanunu:
What of generators?

Lol, my generator is using gas since last year.
I converted it.

I Love PMB

I Love PYO

talk-no-do administration

Hoojay:
Wawu! How soon o?

Some people will not eat out of it when the land start flowing with milk and honey. You seems to be one of them.

slivertongue:
talk-no-do administration

Like the Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan railway, the Kaduna-Abuja railway, the Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Warri railway, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Apapa-Oshodi-Iyana_Oworo expressway. You will weep for long. You have been weeping since 2015, you will weep beyond 2023.

Up there, I have listed few of Buhari's projects, now list PDP 16 years projects apart from looting and sharing.

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Techm0:
This is a good move

However Government should just supply the Carbonator for free and let engineers do the conversion to make little income

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