Presidency defends CNG project as Malaysian govt dumps gas vehicles over safety concerns

The Presidency connected Thursday allayed fears that the Compressed Natural Gas, CNG inaugural of President Bola Tinubu’s authorities could beryllium dangerous.

This followed the trending quality of the Malaysian authorities to signifier retired the usage of Natural Gas Vehicles, NGV successful that state pursuing information concerns.

DAILY POST reports that Loke Siew Fook, Malaysian Minister of Transport, who announced the program portion addressing journalists, said CNG-powered vehicles would nary longer beryllium registered oregon utilized successful the state from July 1, 2025, owed to information concerns.

However, the media adjutant to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga said successful a connection connected Thursday that the Malaysian contented is different.

He said the interest raised by the Malaysian authorities speaks much to the information of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG and not the information of CNG.

According to Onanuga, “NGV covers some CNG and LPG. Nigeria successful its modulation has adopted CNG ONLY not some due to the fact that of LPG’s valid information and outgo concerns

“Malaysia fundamentally had an unsuccessful modulation distant from costly and dirtier petrol and diesel. Conversion of 45,000 vehicles successful 15 years (less than 0.2%) is not enviable dissimilar India, China, Iran and Egypt.

“The extremity of 15 twelvemonth CNG vessel rhythm means they request to regenerate tanks and it was easier/cheaper to scrap their programme and proceed with their petrol than to bash truthful if they had not built vessel manufacturing capableness which Nigeria is already processing successful twelvemonth one”.