The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has commenced the distribution of 1,000 conversion kits across some states in the federation to minimise the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.

The conversion kits are designed to enable vehicles to run on compressed natural gas, a cleaner and more affordable alternative to petrol.

The Programme Director of the initiative, MICHEAL OLUWAGBEMI said the move will bring down transportation costs and the initiative will generate over a hundred thousand direct jobs over the next three years, as it aims to convert about three million vehicles within the same period.

OLUWAGBEMI revealed that commercial transport operators will be converted free of charge to minimise the impact of the fuel subsidy by bringing down the cost of transportation.