{"id":68661,"date":"2025-06-20T20:32:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68661"},"modified":"2025-06-20T20:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:32:43","slug":"tinubu-unveils-cng-buses-commissions-major-projects-in-kaduna-amid-security-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/20\/tinubu-unveils-cng-buses-commissions-major-projects-in-kaduna-amid-security-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Unveils CNG Buses, Commissions Major Projects in Kaduna Amid Security Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Kaduna on Thursday to inaugurate a fleet of 100 compressed natural gas mass-transit buses, part of Governor Uba Sani\u2019s initiative to provide affordable and eco-friendly transportation in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, held at Murtala Mohammed Square, was attended by dignitaries including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin; and the Emir of Zazzau.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu praised the Kaduna government for its commitment to clean energy, describing the project as a model for sustainable urban mobility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a major step toward reducing transportation costs for the people while embracing cleaner energy options,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, the President also commissioned a 300-bed specialist hospital at Millennium City, skills acquisition centers in Rigachikun and Samaru-Kataf, and roads in Kafanchan, Kauru, and Kubau local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that these projects demonstrate the effectiveness of federal and state collaboration under the Renewed Hope agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The event was briefly disrupted by a security scare when an unidentified individual attempted to breach the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Security agents quickly intervened and restored order. No harm came to the President, and proceedings continued without further incident.<\/p>\n<p>Officials assured attendees that all security protocols remained intact and effective.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu rounded off the visit by reaffirming his administration\u2019s commitment to infrastructure, economic reform, and partnerships with states to deliver lasting development.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaduna leg is part of his ongoing nationwide tour to inspect projects and engage with citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Kaduna on Thursday to inaugurate a fleet of 100 compressed natural gas mass-transit buses, part of Governor Uba Sani\u2019s initiative to provide affordable and eco-friendly transportation in the state. The ceremony, held at Murtala Mohammed Square, was attended by dignitaries including the Speaker of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1710],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-picng"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68661","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68663,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68661\/revisions\/68663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}