See what Tinubu's govt said as Malaysia plans to phase out CNG vehicles

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's authorities has reacted to the program by the Malaysian authorities to signifier retired CNG-powered vehicles
• Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, explained that immoderate Malaysian car owners modified their vehicles utilizing LPG cylinders, which are precise dangerous
• Onanuga said Nigeria adopted Compressed earthy state (CNG) due to the fact that of LPG's valid information and outgo concerns

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 5 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary events

FCT, Abuja - Bayo Onanuga, media adjutant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made immoderate clarification connected the program by the Malaysian authorities to signifier retired CNG-powered vehicles.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Malaysian Transport Minister Loke Siew Foo'k announced measures to phase retired earthy state vehicles (NGV) and NGV-powered vehicles successful Malaysia.

Onanuga explained that Nigeria has adopted CNG due to the fact that of LPG's valid information and outgo concerns. Photo credit: Asiwaju bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Loke said starting from July 1 adjacent year, NGV-powered vehicles volition nary longer beryllium registered, and Petronas volition statesman halting NGV income astatine its stations.

Onanuga said the Malaysian contented is astir the information of liquefied petroleum state (LPG) and not the information of Compressed earthy state (CNG).

The statesmanlike adjutant said Malaysian transport minister, Anthony Loke said immoderate car owners modified their vehicles utilizing LPG cylinders, which are precise dangerous.

Onanuga stated this via his X grip (formerly known arsenic Twitter) @aonanuga1956 connected Thursday, November 7.

He explained that Nigeria adopted CNG lone 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 the 15-year 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.”

Tinubu's peculiar adjunct connected societal media, Olusegun Dada, listed the reasons wherefore the Malaysian decided to signifier retired CNG-powered vehicles.

"Majority of the vehicles person reached their extremity of work beingness arsenic they person been converted for implicit 15 years."Many owners converted their vehicles to LPG alternatively of CNG which is highly unsafe to society."CNG tanks are not the aforesaid arsenic those successful Malaysia that are astir to beryllium phased off."

Nigeria reacts arsenic CNG-powered conveyance explodes

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Presidential CNG Initiative (PCNGI) described the explosion of a CNG-powered vehicle successful Benin City, Edo state, arsenic "unfortunate".

The Presidential CNG Initiative said the incidental progressive an illegally modified conveyance astatine a NIPCO CNG Station.

The PCNGI said nary beingness was lost, noting that the harmless handling of each hydrocarbons is captious to their harmless use.

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