The Presidency on Thursday allayed fears that the Compressed Natural Gas, CNG initiative of President Bola Tinubu’s government could be dangerous.
This followed the trending news of the Malaysian government
to phase out the use of Natural Gas Vehicles, NGV in that country following
safety concerns.
Loke Siew Fook, Malaysian Minister
of Transport, who announced the plan while addressing journalists, said
CNG-powered vehicles would no longer be registered or used in the country from
July 1, 2025, due to safety concerns.
However, the media aide to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga
said in a statement on Thursday that the Malaysian issue is different.
He said the concern raised by the Malaysian government
speaks more to the safety of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG and not the safety of
CNG.
According to Onanuga, “NGV covers both CNG and LPG. Nigeria
in its transition has adopted CNG ONLY not both because of LPG’s valid safety
and cost concerns
“Malaysia basically had an unsuccessful transition away from
costly and dirtier petrol and diesel. Conversion of 45,000 vehicles in 15 years
(less than 0.2%) is not enviable unlike India, China, Iran and Egypt.
“The end of 15 year CNG tank cycle means they need to
replace tanks and it was easier/cheaper to scrap their program and continue
with their petrol than to do so if they had not built tank manufacturing
capacity which Nigeria is already developing in year one”.
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