Kano send engineer's team to study CNG conversion in Ogun | Newskeeper

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By Salisu K Ismail

In what appeared to be an efforts to mitigate the high cost of transportation and hardship after the removal of fuel subsidy, Kano state government sent a team of experts and engineers to Ogun state to understudy the conversion process of petrol and diesel powered vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to down the suffering of the Kano state people.

It would be recalled that, President Bola Tinubu has during his swearing in announced the complete removal of subsidy on petroleum products which sincere then Nigerians are dwelling into untold hardship all over the country. 

Speaking to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, the team, led by the Director of Transportation, Kano State Ministry of Transport, Engr. Mahmud Musa Sarki said they are in the state on a mission to understudy the conversion process of petrol and diesel powered vehicles to CNG.

Engineer Mahmud Sarki said Kano State has a plan to follow the same terrains and that is why the team came to learn from the first-hand experience and interaction with the experts handling the conversion process.

"As CNG is now the cheapest and most environmental friendly products, the conversion to it will surely reduce the cost of transportation fare in the state and make living more comfortable for an average Kano residents,” he highlighted.

The team while on test on the converted bus in Abeokuta.

Earlier, while briefing the team, Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Revenue Assurance, Mr. Oluseyi Ogunseye who said that Ogun State is among the pioneering state into the conversion of diesel and petrol engines to Compressed Natural Gas added that the use of CNG is more economical and friendly than any of the petroleum products.

However, Mr. Ogunseye commended the Kano State Government for sending its team of engineers to understudy the Ogun State model of the CNG conversion and assured that Ogun State government would always be willing to assist and share its varied experiences with any State that makes such request.

Also speaking, Mr Millind Dekhole of NGTSL SPIRO, handlers of the conversion process, highlighted its advantages to include eco- friendliness, comparative reduced fuel consumption, non-toxicity which elongates the life span of engines among others.

NEWSKEEPER learnt from the experts that, CNG should be encouraged and supported because it is lighter than air and in case of a leak it disperses upward rather than pooling on the ground which would reduce the risk of fire outbreak.