by Nurat Uthman
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated 30 hybrid power compressed natural gas (CNG) buses.
In a post on X, Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy, said the buses were inaugurated on Monday at the State House in Abuja.
Onanuga said the CNG buses were donated by Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.
“Twenty of the buses were donated by Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), while NNPC donated 10,” Onanuga said.
The special adviser said the buses — with the capacity to transport 3,000 passengers — were assembled locally by Innoson Motors.
Also, in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Tinubu said utilising natural gas to power the nation’s transportation industry would reduce transportation costs, enhance productivity, and save the nation trillions of naira spent on the importation of petrol and diesel.
”If we can enhance our energy competitiveness and bring about transformative changes like this, we would definitely be able to achieve the prosperity that we are working hard to accomplish for our people,” Tinubu said.
“These CNG buses are promising and will enhance our transportation system”
