May 1, 2025. Dangote Group is set to convert an additional 6,000 diesel-powered trucks to start running on compressed natural gas (CNG). This will add to the existing 4,000 trucks initially converted to CNG by the company.
The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) Programme Coordinator, Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this in a recent video on the PCNGI’s X handle.
According to him, corporate companies like Dangote and BUA have keyed into the CNG initiative, converting their trucks from diesel to gas in order to save costs.
“Dangote just signed up to have more than 6,000 of their trucks converted in addition to the existing 4,000. BUA is doing the same thing. So, we have all of these conversions ongoing. I’m very confident that we’ll be on track to have over 150,000 to 250,000 conversions done at the end of this year, at the current pace,” he stated.
Oluwagbemi expressed pleasure with how Nigerians adopted the CNG initiative. “I’m very pleased by the response of Nigerians. They’re more receptive. From the get-go, I always said that the failure or the success of this programme would depend on Nigerians. I think, by and large, Nigerians are receptive to this message. They’re receptive to Mr President’s message.
