The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has commissioned 12 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations across Abuja and Lagos State to provide cheaper and cleaner fuel to Nigerians.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, commissioned the 12 stations on Thursday simultaneously in Abuja and Lagos – eight and four stations respectively.
The Abuja stations are on Airport Road, Kubwa, Gaduwa, Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Zone 1, Dei-Dei Junction, Duste-Bwari Road, and Gwagwalada.
The NNPC commissioned the stations, in a strategic partnership with NIPCO Gas as the Nigerian government unveils an ambitious CNG goal.
Under the Presidential-CNG Initiative, the government aims to put one million gas-powered vehicles on the road, establish 40,000 auto gas conversion workshops, and create 750,000 jobs by 2027.
At N230 per liter, against N680 per liter of petrol, a commercial driver is projected to save N70,000 a week and N2.6 million a year, but the petrol-CNG conversion process costs about half a million naira.
The NNPC and NIPCO’s Abuja and Lagos stations have a combined dispensing capacity of over six million Standard Cubic Feet (MMSCF) of CNG daily, to serve approximately 15,000 vehicles daily.
Both companies plan to build 35 nationwide, this year.
