In celebration of Nigeria’s 64th Anniversary of Independence on October 1st, 2024, the Federal Government will be launching the Compressed Natural Gas CNG-powered Tricycle Empowerment Program in collaboration with the Ministry of Youths.
According to the statement released by the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi) on Friday, further stated that this program aims to provide over 2000 young Nigerians with the opportunity to own and operate CNG-powered tricycles.
Representatives of the PCNGi signed an MOU with the National Union of Road Transport Workers covering the Abuja to Itakpe Station—Ajaokuta Train Station—Adavi route to convert fleet vehicles to CNG in return for a 30-40% fare reduction.
On Saturday, September 28th, 2024, the PCNGi will continue its nationwide commercial incentive programme for commercial car open days, expanding to 38 centres in Kaduna, Abuja, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Delta, and Edo states.
The PCNGi will sign an agreement with the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) on Monday, September 30th, to operationalise the Nigerian Police CNG Conversion Programme and train cadets to manage the strategic conversion centres the NPTF is investing in.
The PCNGi will also launch the Kogi State Conversion Incentive Programme on Wednesday, October 2nd, and hand over CNG buses to the state’s mass transit entity to ply interstate routes to Abuja and inaugurate three new CNG conversion sites in the state.
To conclude the week’s activities, the PCNGI will launch in Ekiti State, where the handover of CNG buses to the state mass transit organisation to ply the route to Abuja will take place. It will also inaugurate four new CNG conversion sites in the state.