{"id":62772,"date":"2025-03-14T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62772"},"modified":"2025-03-14T15:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:56:01","slug":"benue-speeds-up-cng-conversion-centre-for-cheaper-cleaner-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/14\/benue-speeds-up-cng-conversion-centre-for-cheaper-cleaner-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Benue Speeds Up CNG Conversion Centre for Cheaper, Cleaner Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benue State is fast-tracking its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), initiative, with plans underway to establish a conversion center at a remodeled state-owned filling station in Makurdi.<\/p>\n<p>The project, spearheaded by Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s administration, aligns with President Bola Tinubu\u2019s push for alternative fuel adoption, aiming to cut transportation costs and reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>During an inspection, the Benue Investment and Property Bureau\u2019s corporate communications team, led by Joyce Isiaku, confirmed that structural upgrades are near completion, with underground tanks undergoing maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Once operational, the facility will serve as both a refueling hub and a conversion center, allowing motorists to switch from petrol and diesel to the more affordable and eco-friendly CNG option.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is expected to boost economic activities, create jobs, and promote a cleaner environment in Benue State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Benue State is fast-tracking its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), initiative, with plans underway to establish a conversion center at a remodeled state-owned filling station in Makurdi. The project, spearheaded by Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s administration, aligns with President Bola Tinubu\u2019s push for alternative fuel adoption, aiming to cut transportation costs and reduce carbon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62772","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=62772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62774,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62772\/revisions\/62774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}