{"id":62856,"date":"2025-03-16T14:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62856"},"modified":"2025-03-16T14:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T14:40:01","slug":"more-motorists-embrace-cng-to-cut-fuel-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/16\/more-motorists-embrace-cng-to-cut-fuel-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"More Motorists Embrace CNG to Cut Fuel Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More motorists across Nigeria are switching to Compressed Natural Gas as a cheaper alternative to petrol, urging the government to expand refilling stations to sustain the transition.<\/p>\n<p>A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja revealed that many drivers have overcome their initial fears, describing CNG as a safer, cleaner, and more affordable fuel option at N230 per Standard Cubic Meter.<\/p>\n<p>Queues at conversion centers and refilling stations indicate a surge in adoption, with the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative confirming the establishment of 190 conversion centers and 56 retail outlets, with plans to increase them significantly by year-end.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists like Moses Ibeh and Abdul Ibrahim shared their experiences, highlighting massive savings on fuel costs.<\/p>\n<p>Ibeh, who coordinates a staff bus, said his office reduced its weekly fuel expense from N90,000 to N47,000 after converting to CNG.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim stressed the need for major oil marketers to integrate CNG services in fuel stations, ensuring accessibility for long-distance drivers and reducing transport fares.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its strategy, the P-CNG Initiative has introduced incentives such as free conversion for mass transit vehicles, a 50 percent discount for ride-share drivers, and a consumer credit scheme to support CNG adoption.<\/p>\n<p>The government aims to convert one million vehicles by 2027, positioning CNG as the future of affordable transportation in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu More motorists across Nigeria are switching to Compressed Natural Gas as a cheaper alternative to petrol, urging the government to expand refilling stations to sustain the transition. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja revealed that many drivers have overcome their initial fears, describing CNG as a safer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1710],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-picng","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856","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=62856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62858,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62856\/revisions\/62858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}