The Federal government, Compressed Natural Gas, CNG vehicles exploded in Aduwawa, Ikpoba Hill Benin City.
The incident took place on Tuesday, fortunately no life was lost but lot of injuries were wounded.
Recall that Bola Tinubu directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies to start converting all petrol or diesel-powered vehicles or generators to CNG.
The government unveiled the CNG-powered buses on May 29, 2024, when the Tinubu led administration clocked one year.
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However, the Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr Babachir Lawal, countered the development stating that it is not sustainable. He dded that it is a means for the governors and other government officials to mismanage the nation’s resources.
He further noted that there have to be gas stations everywhere in the country on the highway so that one can go there to refill whenever the vehicles run out of gas which Nigeria is obviously lacking.
However, Lawal’s prediction has come to reality with the sad of the CNG explosion in Benin.
– parallelfacts
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