{"id":66589,"date":"2025-05-26T14:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66589"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:38:31","slug":"abu-hails-cng-drive-as-game-changer-for-campus-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/26\/abu-hails-cng-drive-as-game-changer-for-campus-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"ABU Hails CNG Drive as Game Changer for Campus Mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahmadu Bello University has thrown its weight behind the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, with the Dean of Student Affairs, Professor Sahalu Junaid, describing it as a welcome boost for students and staff across the university\u2019s vast campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after a campus sensitization event by the CNG-Sprout Program, Professor Junaid said the students\u2019 excitement showed strong support for the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, the project, the presidential initiative on CNG, there was sensitization this morning for Abu students. I attended, and many of my staff have attended, and it is well received by the students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean highlighted the transportation challenges posed by ABU\u2019s multiple campuses and expressed optimism that the provision of CNG-powered tricycles and buses would ease movement, cut costs, and enhance learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause, you know, we have about four campuses\u2026 and across all these campuses, it is a long distance,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Junaid noted the praise from the Student Representative Council president, who said the initiative would save time and improve academic outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>He also welcomed plans to commission the CNG facility next week and pledged effective use of the resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tell you, we assure you\u2026 we will manage these resources judiciously,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The university community is now preparing for the official commissioning, with management expressing gratitude to the President and stakeholders behind the initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Ahmadu Bello University has thrown its weight behind the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, with the Dean of Student Affairs, Professor Sahalu Junaid, describing it as a welcome boost for students and staff across the university\u2019s vast campuses. Speaking after a campus sensitization event by the CNG-Sprout Program, Professor Junaid said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1710],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-picng","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66589","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=66589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66592,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66589\/revisions\/66592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}