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Subsidy Removal: Borno Government Partners indigenous Firm To Convert Mass Transit Buses To CNG
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Subsidy Removal: Borno government partners indigenous firm to covert mass transit buses to CNG
By Madu Mohammed , Maiduguri
The Borno State Government is to partner an Indiginous company African Motors Limited in converting the state own inter and intra city mass transit busses from petroleum and dissel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to curshioned the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy and bring down the cost of transportation in the state.
While inspecting the prototype vehicles at the Government House, Maiduguri, on Friday, Governor Babagana Zulum said ” we are going to partner with you to bring down the cost of transportation here in Borno State”.
” With the continued increase in the pump price of disel very soon N50 intra city transport fare of the buses we procured is not going to be possible, we will partner with you to convert these 70 mass transit buses to gas . So we going discuss to see how we can convert these busses witnin few days”, Zulum added.
Earlier briefing Governor Babagana Zulum, the Managing Director African Motors Limited, Engr Musatapa Gajibo said they converted these vehicles and Keke NAPEP from Petroleum to Ligified Natural Gas (LNG), to bring down cost of mobility occasioned by the increase in Petroleum pump price”.
” 6 kg of LNG which cost about N6000 will takes 250 kilometers for the Keke NAPEP, which is 2 days and 100 kilometers for the vehicles. We also consider the safety of the car . It has anti leakage and anti impact, where it automatically turn off the tanks in case of any leakage or accident “, Engr Gajibo added.
Engr Gajibo further explained that ” it will further bring down the cost of transportation when the vehicles start using Compressed National Gas (CNG) as the CNG cost only about N2,300 for 6 kg”as against N6000″.,..
Allaying fears of the public regarding the hot temperature of Maiduguri, Engr Gajibo said ” it takes -116 degre to compose LNG but while using cooking gas with burner on tops, it takes about 500 degree compared to the maximum temperature of 47 to 50 degree of Maiduguri, smoke free and more economically”.
