Kwara State Inaugurates North-Central's First CNG Station and Training Centre

Date: 2024-05-30

According to a news report from Punch, the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion workshop, refuelling station, and training centre in the North-Central zone was inaugurated in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday.

During the launch of the Rolling Energy CNG Station, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq announced that the state government had already converted 20 of its petrol-engine vehicles to CNG-powered vehicles, with plans to increase this number in the near future.

Governor Abdulrazaq highlighted the benefits of CNG, describing it as both safer and more cost-effective compared to petrol-powered vehicles. He attributed this development to President Bola Tinubu's decision to remove the fuel subsidy, thereby reducing excessive reliance on petrol.

“What we are witnessing today is the beginning of the new future marking our new lifestyle.

“This is the direct benefit of oil subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu. Between last year and now, the president has given backing to natural gas over petrol.

“We have converted 20 government vehicles to CNG for test-drive, we shall convert all in a few months,” he said.

Noting that the exercise would create more jobs, especially for the youth, the governor assured residents that the conversion was safer and cheaper.

The Programme Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Michael Oluwagbemiga, commended Governor Abdulrazaq for supporting the presidential initiative, right from the outset and for his understanding of the benefits of the adoption of gas.

Oluwagbemiga also urged Nigerians to embrace the future as he commended President Tinubu for his foresight and determination to take the country several miles into the future.

The Chief Executive Officer of Rolling Energy, Mubarak Danbata, enjoined all to embrace the initiative which he described as the in-thing.

“I am free to announce our readiness for President Tinubu's decision to reduce our dependence on petrol.

“We are poised to join the government to increase resilience to provide reliable services to the state,” he said.

He added that the station was capable of converting six petrol-powered vehicles to CNG-powered daily.

“President Tinubu's initiative reflects our joint commitment to lift the nation. This is a sufficient energy future collaboration, it is all about securing a new future for the generation yet to be born,” he said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ajeigbe     Split Diamond Interchange     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Sango-UITH Road     Old Oyo     TIC     Gbugbu International Market     Bello Oyedepo     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Michael Nzwekwe     Communication Network Support Services     March 28     Iliasu     Idi-Ape     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Senate President     Oba Abdulrahim     Muhammad Yahya     UITH     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Olatunji Bamgbola     Dele Belgore     Hijaab     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     A.O. Belgore     Dagbalodo     Ayoade Akinnibosun     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Chikanda     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Just Event Online     Basit Olatunji     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Durbar Festival     Ayodele Shittu     Raimi Iyanda     Tanke     Yemi Sanni     Sadiq Buhari     Medview Airlines     Eruku     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Admiralty Villa     Memunat Monsuma     NTA Ilorin     Ahmad Lawan     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Edu     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ajia-Bako     TESCOM     Wasiu Odewale     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Tunji Olawuyi     Roseline Oni Aremu     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Samuel Adaramola     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     AGF Abdulrazaq     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Olatinwo     Oyin-Zubair     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Oko-Olowo     Shuaib Abdulkadir     SUBEB    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Pakata     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Jebba     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     James Kolo     Zainab Abass     Nigerian Army     Hijab     Moro     Danladi     Nigeria Customs Service     Kolade Solagberu     Makama Of Ilorin     Baba Issa Awoye     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     2023 Elections     Radio SBS     AGF Abdulrazaq     School Of Nursing     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ajia-Bako     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Hassan Taiye Salam     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Saliu Tunde Bello     Budo-Egba     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Sobi FM     John Olajide Adedipe     Musbau A. Akanji     Agor Market     Obasanjo     Okin Biscuits     Okanlawon Taiwo     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Jide Oyinloye     Raheem Adaramaja     CUTI     Saheed Alakoso     REO CAKES     UNILORIN Alumni     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Kolawole Bashirat     Ilorin International Airport     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     CKNG     Ijakadi     Albert Ogunsola     Vasolar Consortium     Lai Gobir     Nigeria Computer Society     Joseph Daudu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Hassan Saliu     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     John Kehinde Salako     Saeedat Aliyu     Saidu Yaro Musa     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Balogun-Ojomu     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Olatunji Ayeni     Kehinde Boyede     Ahmed Alhasssan     Sarakite     Ola Falade     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Musa Yeketi     Quarry Royal Valley     Salihu Ajia