Automotive Gas Nigeria Limited (Autogas Nigeria) has trained over 1000 Nigerians in auto gas installation and conversion techniques in order to effectively serve the growing conversion of vehicles from fuel powered to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) system.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on the forthcoming annual conference hosted by Autogas Nigeria on CNG scheduled from December 4 and 5 tagged: “Accelerating CNG revolution: innovation, efficiency and sustainability,” the MD/CEO, Automotive Gas Nigeria Limited (Autogas Nigeria) Hajiya Maryam said there is need to take advantage of Nigeria adopting Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel to reduce its carbon footprint, diversify its energy mix, and improve energy security and also reducing the cost of transportation thereby cushion the effects of economic hardship on the Nigeria citizen.
She noted that it was on this perimeter that Automotive Gas Nigeria Limited is hosting the CNG conference.
She said: “Autogas Nigeria has trained over 1000 Nigerians in auto gas installation and conversion techniques, positioning them as skilled professionals. To further enhance capacity building and industry collaboration, we established the Autogas Nigeria workshop, affiliate programme, a platform uniting over 100 workshop owners to advise manpower and business development through trading and CNG conversion services.”
She stressed the importance of forming strong partnerships with individuals and organisations to attract investors interested in promoting clean energy in Nigeria as well as showing commitment to sustainability, stating that: “Autogas Nigeria remains at the forefront of Nigeria’s energy transition by offering of innovative solutions that reduce environmental pollution through cleaner automotive fuels”.
Chairman, technology education research and advisory board, Autogas Nigeria, Prof. Robinson Ejilah explained why Nigerians do not need to entertain any fear about the use of CNG, he said: “Using CNG does not pose any risk in terms of the volatility of prices and also in terms of environmental cleanliness, there is no doubt that natural gas, particularly the CNG, poses little or no threat to the air quality, unlike the other dirty launching hydrocarbons.”
He said: “All we need to worry about is ensuring that the right manufacturers supply our kits, we also need to train our technicians to be skilled enough to give us the best in terms of the conversion, and at the same time, putting in place the right regulatory mechanism to ensure that abusers are strictly sanctioned. To ensure the success of this revolution, I think the government means well by exposing Nigerians to this wonderful transformation, and we don’t have any other choice but to key into it.”
