Index to Nigerian Newspapers

In December 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari promised Nigerians that an autogas policy would ensure that vehicles plying the country's roads run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). However, an investigation by The Guardian shows that the plan is yet to take off despite the commitment of resources for the conversion. The cost of gas has gone up by over 200% since the announcement, and the infrastructure to convert cars to be powered by gas has exponentially increased. As of yesterday, a litre of autogas was selling for an average N400 at the NNPC retail outlet along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. The Guardian investigation revealed that no one has come to fuel their cars at the gas pump for over two months, and only NNPC vehicles have been converted at the pilot phase. The Federal Government had set aside N250 billion for willing investors in autogas assembly plants, but the funds would barely convert 100,000 vehicles to autogas going by market rates.