**As Ogun state pioneers CNG Diesel/fuel engine conversion usage after fuel subsidy removal
Kano State government has commended the governor and government of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun for pioneering the conversion of Diesel and Petrol engines to Compressed Natural Gas CNG in Nigeria.
A team of engineers from the State led by the Director of Transportation, Kano State Ministry of Transport, Mahmud Musa Seriki was in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on a mission to understudy the CNG conversion process.
It would be recalled that the Ogun State government had embarked on the conversion to eliminate the effect of the recent removal of subsidy on fuel.
The move will reduce the cost of transportation in the state and make living more comfortable.
Speaking while inspecting some of the CNG-powered buses, Engr. Seriki said Ogun State is blazing the trail in the conversion to CNG and Kano State which also has the plan to do the same, thought it wise to understudy the process.
Seriki said Kano State has a lot to benefit from the visit to the Gateway State as his team has had first-hand experience and interaction with the experts handling the conversion process, adding that all of these would be useful when Kano wants to commence similar conversion process.
“I am thrilled by what we are seeing here, particularly the likely effect on the reduction of transport fare which the conversion would have on commuters when the vehicles begin to ply the roads.
“We are pleased to have this first hand experience and we will go back to our state to replicate same with a view to making living more abundant for an average Kano resident,” he said.
