The Nigerian government, through its Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) Steering Committee, expects to attract over $2 billion in investment and create more than 250,000 jobs for various professionals.
The Chief Executive Officer, P-CNGi, Engr. Micheal Oluwagbemi disclosed this at the weekend during the official commissioning of CNG conversion centres and demonstration of some converted CNG vehicles, which is in partnership with the private sector at Femadec Groupâs head office, one of the partners on the initiatives.
He stressed that CNG is home-made with the capacity to boost the nationâs economy and help to stabilise the inflation rate, adding that Nigeria is blessed with abundant natural gas to be used for both industrial and domestic purposes and to reduce the cost of transportation. âWe hope that the process of the CNG conversion program with private sector companies will attract an investment of well over $ 2 billion and create over 250, 000 jobs. This initiative will require more hands to further create opportunities for engagements in the automobile industry starting from the manufacturers to technicians and floor workers at conversion stations and refueling stations.
He said the committee is looking at having 10, 000 CNG vehicle conversion workshops in Lagos very soon.
Speaking on the cost of conversion, Oluwagbemi stated that it could cost between N300,000 to about N600,000, depending on the compatibility of the exchange rates until Nigeria would begin to assemble and manufacture CNG conversion kits.
âIt costs between N300,000 to about N600,000 to convert to CNG-enabled vehicles. The cost of converting vehicles to CNG depends on the type of car and components such as those that come with four valves, and six or eight valvesâ engines. It also depends on the storage capacity of the vehicle that you want to convert as this also determines the range of distance the vehicle can cover.
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