FG SET TO RECEIVE FIRST 500 CNG STATIONS BY OCTOBER

The Federal Government is expected to receive the first batch of 500 Compressed Natural Gas stations by the end of October as it expands CNG infrastructure across Nigeria.

The Executive Chairman of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Ismael Ahmed, disclosed this, saying the first 500 stations had already been ordered. Another 500 stations are expected to be ordered subsequently, bringing the total number being procured to 1,000.

Ahmed explained that the stations could not be deployed immediately because each facility must be constructed, transported, installed and connected before becoming operational.

He said the government was profiling locations across the country based on demand, traffic levels and the number of vehicles in each area. Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Zamfara, Borno, Enugu, Anambra and Lafia are among the locations being assessed.

Ahmed also disclosed that Abuja currently has 26 operational CNG stations, the highest number in the country, but noted that availability of suitable land remains a major challenge to further expansion in the FCT.

The planned rollout is part of the Federal Government’s wider effort to increase CNG adoption and reduce transportation costs. President Bola Tinubu has set October 1 as a target for Nigerians to begin seeing reductions in transport fares.