The Federal Government has concluded plans to ensure marketers open Compressed Natural Gas Pumps in filling stations across the country.
As such, the government said intending retail licensees would be now required to establish a CNG point in their filling stations before getting final government approval.
The government asked oil marketers to commence the process of establishing Compressed Natural Gas points at their filling stations to increase consumer accessibility.
The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, disclosed this during a meeting with key oil marketing companies on Tuesday in Abuja.
The discussion was to address the issues of incessant scarcity of petroleum products in the country and propose alternative solutions. Ahmed also disclosed that a major conversation they had was in the area of the Compressed Natural Gas initiative of the Federal Government.
He implored the major marketers to explore the availability of CNG in their gas stations as President Bola Tinubu has directed that government vehicles to be purchased henceforth must be CNG-powered. He said new applications for retail licences would no longer be approved without CNG points.
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