The Federal Government has inaugurated a 5.2 million standard cubic feet per day Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant in Lagos.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), EKPERIKPE EKPO, who commissioned the plant at the Isolo Industrial Area, Ilasamaja said it represents a critical turning point in the development of affordable, sustainable, and secure energy sources in the country.

The Minister noted that the use of CNG as a transport fuel is a mature technology used globally as it is the cleanest burning fuel in terms of Nitro-oxide and soot emissions.

In his remarks, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, MELE KYARI, revealed that the commissioning of the CNG Station in Ilasamaja was part of NNPC’s efforts to grow domestic gas supply and utilization by deploying gas infrastructure nationwide.

In his speech, Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU said in demonstration of its resolve to champion CNG utilization across Lagos State, the Government has concluded plans to deploy 2,500 conversion kits and over 2,000 new CNG buses, which will commence operations before the end of the year.