{"id":66286,"date":"2025-05-22T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66286"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:45:36","slug":"500-students-power-up-for-cng-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/22\/500-students-power-up-for-cng-future\/","title":{"rendered":"500 Students Power Up for CNG Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a step toward a cleaner energy future, 500 polytechnic students across Nigeria\u2019s southwest have begun a hands-on training programme in Compressed Natural Gas vehicle conversion in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Launched at Yaba College of Technology, the month-long training is a joint effort by the Mojisola Olayinka Fatungase Edema Foundation and the South-West Zone of the National Association of Polytechnic Students.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aligns with the federal government\u2019s drive for greener transportation under President Bola Tinubu\u2019s CNG strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, speaking at the launch, described CNG as the future of Nigerian transportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis programme prepares our young minds to lead the transition to cleaner, more efficient energy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bolanle Ogunlola of the Lagos Ministry of Transportation noted that the programme, themed \u201cThe Future of CNG in Nigeria: Empowering a Sustainable Tomorrow,\u201d is designed to build skilled manpower for the growing CNG sector.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chair of the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Engr. Funmilade Akingbagbohun, described the effort as a twin investment in environmental health and youth empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is more than training &#8211; it is a launchpad for national transformation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will receive certifications and mentorship from industry experts, setting them up as key players in Nigeria\u2019s energy future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a step toward a cleaner energy future, 500 polytechnic students across Nigeria\u2019s southwest have begun a hands-on training programme in Compressed Natural Gas vehicle conversion in Lagos. Launched at Yaba College of Technology, the month-long training is a joint effort by the Mojisola Olayinka Fatungase Edema Foundation and the South-West Zone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":66287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[287],"class_list":["post-66286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cng"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66286","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66288,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66286\/revisions\/66288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}