President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday commissioned four major Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) infrastructure projects spanning Lagos, Abuja and Owerri in a single-day rollout that significantly expands the country’s clean transport infrastructure.
The projects commissioned by Tinubu were all delivered under the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF).
They form part of the Federal Government’s accelerated response to the petroleum subsidy reform and a deliberate strategy to expand domestic gas utilisation, reduce transport costs, and accelerate the country’s transition to cleaner fuels.
At Ojota, Lagos, the President flagged off the Portland Gas CNG Mother Station, a facility with a daily dispensing capacity of 96,000 standard cubic metres.
The project also includes two skid trucks for onward distribution, a 54-metric-tonne Liquefied CNG storage facility, and an associated CNG Daughter Station at Kubwa, Abuja.
Also at Ojota, the President commissioned the IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC) CNG Refuelling Station, the flagship of Lagos State’s most ambitious clean transport rollout.
The station anchors a network of 15 IOGC-MDGIF refuelling stations being delivered across Lagos, sited at Ogudu, Ikota, Agege, Ojota, Oko-Oba, Ajah, Idimu, Ogolonto, Abule Egba, Badagry, Ayobo, and four additional locations across the metropolis.
The network is designed to provide an affordable alternative to petroleum motor spirit for millions of Lagosians, lower transport costs for commercial fleets and private vehicle owners, and significantly reduce vehicular emissions in the country’s largest urban centre.
At Jahi District, Abuja, the President commissioned the High-Capacity CNG Daughter Booster Station developed by Rolling Energy Limited in a joint venture partnership with the MDGIF.
The facility is billed as the most advanced of its kind in West Africa.
The station is equipped with the fastest CNG dispensers ever deployed in the country, along with processing infrastructure that includes a 1,000 standard cubic metre-per-hour CNG compressor, a 3,200 standard cubic metre cascade storage system, two CNG tube skids of 8,500 standard cubic metres each, and a 150-kilovolt-ampere CNG-powered backup generator.
Its refuelling system comprises four dispensers in a dual-nozzle configuration with a total daily sales capacity of 20,000 standard cubic metres, capable of serving 900 to 1,000 cars and tricycles, and up to 50 trucks and buses, daily.
The facility also houses a mass conversion centre with eight conversion pits, using high-technology kits and Standards Organisation of Nigeria-certified cylinders, converting up to 20 cars and 25 tricycles daily.
At the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), in Imo State, the President commissioned the FEMADEC CNG Daughter Station and Conversion Centre, the flagship of the nationwide 20 Universities CNG Ecosystem Initiative, delivered under the Special Palliative Relief on University Transportation (SPROUT) Programme approved by the President to cushion the effects of the petroleum subsidy reform on tertiary students and staff.
The facility comprises a 1,000 standard cubic metres per hour Integrated Refuelling Unit, a CNG storage skid, four-way dispensing units, a CNG-powered on-site generator, and a fully functional Vehicle Conversion Workshop and Training Centre.
The project also includes the deployment of CNG-powered buses and tricycles for intra-university transportation, and the provision of CNG conversion kits and tricycles under the Presidential CNG Initiative for Electric Vehicles (PiCNG-EV) programme.
To further improve uptake and ease vehicle conversion for the public, the federal government, through the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV), has partnered with the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CrediCorp), Moniepoint Microfinance Bank and the National Credit Guarantee Company Limited (NCGC) to offer structured consumer credit for CNG conversion.
Under the Credit Access for Light and Mobility (CALM) Fund, motorists, commercial transport operators, and fleet owners can now convert their vehicles without paying the full amount upfront, with financing options backed by credit guarantees at rates as low as 9 percent, with repayments spread over six months.
At the virtual commissioning, President Tinubu said the country’s energy transition will be built on its own gas resources, not on imported alternatives, and that the four projects together represent a turning point for clean transport in Nigeria.
He said: “Nigeria is a gas nation.
