The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Herbal Fuel and Electrical Automobiles,PI-CNG & EV, has instructed Nigerians to transform their automobiles to Compressed Herbal Fuel,CNG, best at qualified centres the usage of licensed apparatus.
The Leader Working Officer of PI-CNG & EV, Tosin Coker, gave the recommendation all the way through a media engagement organised via the Decade of Fuel Secretariat in partnership with the initiative in Kano on Thursday.
Coker mentioned herbal fuel may decrease transportation prices, give a boost to Nigeria’s power safety and enhance the shift in opposition to cleaner delivery.
He additionally addressed considerations about CNG protection, stressing the significance of the usage of licensed apparatus, following rules and keeping up transformed automobiles correctly.
“We will have to make certain that automobiles are transformed at qualified centres, fitted with licensed apparatus and correctly maintained in step with protection rules.”
He mentioned strict compliance with protection procedures used to be crucial to verify the secure use of CNG-powered automobiles.
In the meantime, the Workstream Lead for Infrastructure and Call for on the Decade of Fuel Secretariat, Taofeek Balogun mentioned Nigeria’s confirmed fuel reserves had risen from 208.83 trillion cubic ft in 2023 to 215.19 trillion cubic ft as of January 2026.
Balogun added that moderate fuel manufacturing had greater from 6.86 billion cubic ft according to day to about 7.5 billion cubic ft according to day, whilst home provide had exceeded two billion cubic ft day-to-day.
“We have now secured $3.5 billion in dedicated investments throughout 4 main fuel initiatives, finished the OB3 Fuel Pipeline, and taken the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Fuel Pipeline to about 95 according to cent of entirety. Additionally, ₦671 billion in public infrastructure investment has attracted roughly ₦1.6 trillion in non-public funding,” he mentioned.
On home power use, Balogun highlighted the federal government’s liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) programme, which targets to achieve 5 million families via 2030.
Talking on behalf of collaborating newshounds, the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Murtala Adewale of The Parent, praised the organisers for arranging the engagement.
He described the consultation as informative and helpful to media pros, whilst calling for extra coaching alternatives and nearer cooperation between newshounds, trade stakeholders and regulatory companies.
The development attracted about 27 newshounds from tv, radio, print and virtual media organisations. It used to be organised to deepen their working out of Nigeria’s fuel construction plans and make stronger reporting at the sector.