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Ekperipke Ekpo, minister of state for petroleum resources (gas), says President Bola Tinubu wants filling stations converted to compressed natural gas (CNG) outlets.

Ekpo spoke at the State House after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, presided over by the president.

The minister said Tinubu “gave a charge” regarding CNG, through the minister of information, during the FEC meeting.

“We are well aware that the president set up a presidential committee on the CNG to drive the CNG project,” Ekpo said.

“As a minister who has been supervising what has been going on there, it is left for us to inform the general public that CNG has come to stay, and we have to follow that route because CNG is safe, cheaper, and protects the environment.”

He said the president spoke about ensuring that “most of the filling stations across the country are converted into CNG stations, where you have the conversion kits so that people can convert their vehicle to CNG”.

“It is important to note that when you are using CNG, you save a lot of money. A litre of fuel that can go for N1000, with CNG, you get it at N200, which saves you N800,” Ekpo said.

“I believe, with the ion of Mr. President, the push that he has given to us, we’ll try as much as possible to drive the CNG programme to reach all the nooks and crannies of this country, so that we will take advantage of the natural resources (gas) that God has endowed us with.”

On October 22, Tinubu said Nigerians can choose between buying motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, at N1,000 per litre or CNG at N200 per standard cubic meter.

FEC APPROVES PTDF INITIATIVE FOR PRINTING OF 1 MILLION SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS

Also speaking to journalists, Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources (oil), said FEC approved an initiative by the petroleum technology development fund (PTDF) for the printing of one million science textbooks for secondary schools.

Lokpobiri said the memo was presented on behalf of the PTDF, which had initiated a programme called the “PTDF Stem Fund”.

“STEM is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Sometime ago, the PTDF, which is the creation of law, with the mandate to build the capacity of Nigerians in oil and gas industry, came up with a program called PTDF Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Programme,” he said.

“They sought to obtain presidential approval and today, we brought a memo to council to be able to print 1 million science textbooks.”

He added that the science courses that were identified as problem areas for Nigerians are physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and computer science.

“It is believed that for us to match up with the rest of the world, we needed to build capacity at the secondary school level,” the minister said.

Lokpobiri said the programme is meant “to print one million science textbooks that will be distributed to all the 74 local government areas in the country, and also to the 104 unity schools that we have in the country, and then 122 special schools that we have in the country”.

“This memo was brought before Council. It was approved by council. Essentially, what is important is that this is a and dual capacity at the secondary school level to match up with the rest of the world in of technological and engineering development. We need to lay a very solid foundation,” he said.

“Sometime ago, we found that we are lagging behind, and so we decided that, look, we are going to build both physical and digital libraries.”

The minister said a memo for PTDF to build digital and physical libraries in about 1,000 secondary schools in the country, was brought before FEC weeks ago and it was approved by the council.

Lokpobiri added that the new approval is to compliment “that effort of the PTDF that has a mandate that will boost capacity in Nigeria”.

https://www.thecable.ng/tinubu-wants-filling-stations-converted-to-cng-outlets-says-minister/

Is TPAIN himself driving on a CNG powered vehicle??

GOFRONT:
Is TPAIN himself driving on a CNG powered vehicle??

Sofri-sofri abeg, plenty people dey on top the table wey u dey shake like this o

Great idea. This will also help in creating jobs and growing the economy.

Toh

Is Tinubu's All black Armored Cadillac escalade SUV CNG powered?

It seems CNG is now the magic word for giving us hope.

The push for CNG outlets highlights the need for Nigeria to diversify its energy sources. This could lead to reduced emissions and greater energy security. The Bureau Newspaper published some exciting news about this topic last week. It is scary, but there's hope.

Ha

This should be how countries are governed. In fact to rule over Nigeria, its leader need to be democratically autocratic.

BelloMasari:
How possible is this? Has any country tried it and succeeded?

This present government is clueless

Why is the use of CNG becoming more popular only in third-world countries while EV cars are taking over the rest of the world? It reveals how backward Africa is. This is a place where the governments don't care much about the safety of the people and the unthinking populace even care less. CNG may be cheaper, but it's not safer.

“As a minister who has been supervising what has been going on there, it is left for us to inform the general public that CNG has come to stay, and we have to follow that route because CNG is safe, cheaper, and protects the environment.”

T-pain don ment. Them don give am expired injections for abroad. Are u trying to say Dangote shld go sell his petrol overseas…..lol?

I still never believe say people wey dey APC dey do am with clear eyes.

Especially those who dey claim say them be graduate yet their brains dey very dull.

I know he has the intention of converting Nigeria to a nuclear bomb site

CNG cars that has been exploding unnecessarily of recent when we don't even have up to 5000 CNG cars in Nigeria, imagine when we have up to 10million CNG powered cars on Nigerian roads? Your guess is as good as mine.



Nigeria is a hot climate nation, this must be considered before drumming for this wide use of CNG as alternative power source for vehicles and machineries in Nigeria.


Meanwhile, I hope Tinubu have converted his multi billion naira official ESCALADE SUV from Petrol to CNG to lead by example?


Tinubu should lead the way, convert all Presidential vehicles to CNG, let Shettima do same, followed by Senate President, Senators, House of Reps , Ministers, Governors, Commissioners. They should lead by example to encourage Nigerians to follow suite.

Anither563:
Great idea. This will also help in creating jobs and growing the economy.

Great idea finishhhh u there

Ogun and amadioha hold hands together and present to you a friendly thunder

Rubbish sycophants, the reason why that failure in aso rock won't know the extent of his gross ineptitude

Because nah him get filling station?

What if the people who owns them doesn't want it...

BeeBeeOoh:


https://www.thecable.ng/tinubu-wants-filling-stations-converted-to-cng-outlets-says-minister/

And what's the timeline given?

Tinubu's tactic is to drive everyone to convert to CNG, to be able to start selling unrefined fuel out of the country, and make more money for his pocket.

When everyone is on CNG, there won't be fuel scarcity. I hope this man doesn't crumble the economy totally before he leaves office.

Dangote fuel will also be less in demand here in Nigeria.

Many companies are downsizing and nobody is talking.

Nonsense. Come and convert my filling station lemme see you nh.

It is a good initiative if they can implement it.

BelloMasari:
How possible is this? Has any country tried it and succeeded?

The man is kidding 😂

The government should as a matter of urgency makes way for importing/Assembling CNG vehicles

Lol

Automatically everyone will be driving bombs around.

When TInubu is not driving a CNG car.

With CNG, car accidents will now be as dangerous as plane crash.. The impact will first maim you, then the explosion and fire will finish you off.

E-BOLA Tinubu should just die

franchasng:
I know he has the intention of converting Nigeria to a nuclear bomb site

CNG cars that has been exploding unnecessarily of recent when we don't even have up to 5000 CNG cars in Nigeria, imagine when we have up to 10million CNG powered cars on Nigerian roads? Your guess is as good as mine.



Nigeria is a hot climate nation, this must be considered before drumming for this wide use of CNG as alternative power source for vehicles and machineries in Nigeria.

Let him convert his own and wife car first.

He wants explosions in people's cars abi inside the traffic hold-ups and heat

nony43:
When TInubu is not driving a CNH car.

Our leaders these days na so as I want , no be do as I do.

Ko le work