{"id":59648,"date":"2025-01-16T17:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59648"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:15:24","slug":"picng-rolls-out-5000-free-cng-conversions-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/16\/picng-rolls-out-5000-free-cng-conversions-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"PiCNG Rolls Out 5,000 Free CNG Conversions in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ade Iyamoye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a move to accelerate Nigeria\u2019s transition to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the Presidential CNG Initiative (PiCNG) has launched a free registration and conversion exercise for 5,000 commercial vehicles in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>During an on-site inspection at Galadimawa Roundabout Park on Thursday, the PiCNG\u2019s Program Director, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi monitored the progress of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Engr. Oluwagbemi encouraged commercial drivers to take full advantage of the initiative, which is aimed at actualizing this &#8220;Renewed Hope Agenda&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that switching to CNG offers significant cost savings and economic benefits, positioning the fuel as a viable alternative to petrol.<\/p>\n<p>Engr. Oluwagbemi explained that that the initiative is not just about conversion; but about transforming the economy by reducing transportation costs and fuel dependency.<\/p>\n<p>Joining him was the Publisher of &#8216;Abuja City Journal&#8217;, Mr. Folusho Silvanus, who underscored the media\u2019s role in raising awareness about CNG adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries of the program expressed their gratitude, highlighting the relief of having access to a cleaner, cheaper fuel option.<\/p>\n<p>Many pledged to spread the good news, ensuring more commercial drivers embrace the government-backed CNG transition.<\/p>\n<p>With 5,000 registrations targeted, PiCNG continues to drive the shift towards a sustainable and economically viable transport sector in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ade Iyamoye In a move to accelerate Nigeria\u2019s transition to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the Presidential CNG Initiative (PiCNG) has launched a free registration and conversion exercise for 5,000 commercial vehicles in Abuja. During an on-site inspection at Galadimawa Roundabout Park on Thursday, the PiCNG\u2019s Program Director, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi monitored the progress of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59653,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59648\/revisions\/59653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}