The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion kits nationwide, to fast-track the change of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles to use of CNG.

Program Director, Presidential CNG Initiative (PCNGi) Micheal Oluwagbemi, who stated this during an inspection tour and distribution of the kits to six CNG conversion centres in Abuja, said the CNG initiative by President Bola Tinubu would provide cheaper and cleaner vehicle fueling alternative for Nigerians.

Oluwagbemi noted that the President has assured one million conversion kits available for free for the commercial sector or at reasonable discounts for the private vehicles, to enable transportation fare to be moderated across the country over the next couple of years.

The coordinator said the federal government had signed up with over 75 conversion partners officially in eight states including Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Edo, Delta, Kogi, FCT, and Kaduna, while in the next six to eight weeks, there will be nine additional states, in Kwara, Ekiti. Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Abia, Enugu, Kano, and Niger.