The Federal Government has said 300 National Youth Service Corps members will be attached to different compressed natural gas conversion centres across the country after being trained and certified as CNG technicians.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth Initiatives, Monitoring and Delivery, Dr. Titilope Gbadamosi, disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the CNG Retrofitting Training Programme for corps members at the NYSC FCT Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja.
This was contained in a statement posted on NYSC Facebook page on Wednesday.
According to Gbadamosi, the programme will be delivered across the six geopolitical zones and is part of efforts to place Nigerian youths at the forefront of the country’s transition to CNG.
She said the programme was targeted at retrofitting 100,000 vehicles annually.
She said, “Following the removal of the fuel subsidy in 2033, compressed natural gas (CNG) emerged as the most viable and affordable alternative for Nigerian motorists and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu set a national target of 100,000 vehicles to be retrofitted annually.
“The National Automotive and Development Council (NADD) has committed its technical authority in certification standard and full funding to this effort”.
