The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, said that the present administration was working towards discouraging high-emission transport practices.
This, she noted, would be enabled by the Presidential CNG Initiative, introduced by President Bola Tinubu to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidies on residents of Abuja.
The Minister who was represented by the Special Assistant on Technical Matters, Michael Bawa, disclosed this at the 2nd Annual Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Conference and World Sustainable Transport Day commemoration held at the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja.
Mahmoud further stressed that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike had keyed into the Presidential CNG Initiative and is “ re-engineering Abuja’s transport system to embody efficiency, sustainability, and convenience”.
According to her, “The FCT Administration is committed to expanding refuelling infrastructure and enacting policies that encourage alternative fuels while discouraging high-emission transport practices”.
The Minister said that the FCT can’t be left behind when the country is already promoting policies that shift the transport system away from costly and polluting fuels.
In her remarks, the MD/CEO, Automotive Gas Nigeria Services
Limited (Autogas Nigeria), Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim, said it was a defining moment for Nigeria to join the global trend in the CNG sector.
She said that the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) was not merely a response to global climate demands, but needed to support the economic growth reforms in the country.
