By Our Correspondent<\/p>\n
State House management, in collaboration with the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, P-CNGI, and private energy firm Rolling Energy, has commissioned an integrated CNG fuelling and conversion facility at the abandoned State House fuel dump in Karu, Abuja.<\/p>\n
The facility marks a major milestone in Nigeria\u2019s transition to cleaner and cheaper vehicle energy, and signals the Federal Government\u2019s determination to move beyond rhetoric on gas-powered transport.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the commissioning, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Temitope Fadeshemi, said the project demonstrates government\u2019s commitment to \u201cwalking the talk\u201d following President Bola Tinubu\u2019s fuel subsidy removal and the shift to Compressed Natural Gas.<\/p>\n
He explained that the site, abandoned for decades and fallen into disrepute, was repurposed to dispense CNG and convert eligible petrol vehicles to gas hybrid systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor several decades, this fuel dump was abandoned and fell into disrepute. We thought the best thing we could do is reactivate this place and make it available for dispensing CNG. And that is what we have done in partnership with P-CNGI,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Permanent Secretary, stressed that no public funds were spent on the infrastructure, with the private partner bearing the full cost of renovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe State House hasn’t spent any naira on this place. We made this place available, and our partner, Rolling Energy, renovated it. They have already demonstrated capacity with several stations of their own, and for over a week during testing, they dispensed free CNG to the local community as a show of good faith,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The facility will serve the Presidential Villa\u2019s growing fleet, which already includes recently acquired hybrid JAC vehicles and internal shuttle buses, while also opening conversion services to staff and eligible vehicle owners in the area.<\/p>\n
Addressing concerns over the pace of rollout, Fadeshemi said government\u2019s role is to enable and demonstrate viability, while private investors drive infrastructure growth.<\/p>\n
Building on that, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of P-CNGI, Ismail Ahmed, said the initiative has moved far beyond proof-of-concept into rapid nationwide scaling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is almost our 160th station across the country in less than two years,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cThe market has been proven, and investors are trooping in. Over $2.6 billion worth of private investment has come into the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
He disclosed that 170 more stations are in various stages of development or awaiting licensing from the Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, while over 2,000 infrastructure units ordered by the President are expected between late this year and early next year.<\/p>\n
Ahmed said the scale-up is aimed at serving Nigeria\u2019s estimated 12 million vehicles and over 220 million people, noting the country now boasts one of the fastest adoption rates for CNG and electric vehicles globally.<\/p>\n
He contrasted the pace with the 60 years it took to establish Nigeria\u2019s 24,000 traditional petrol stations, adding that the President has ordered another 500 fuelling units.<\/p>\n
On direct impact, Ahmed said operational CNG routes are already cutting transport costs by 30 to 40 percent, citing the Kano-to-Katsina route where fares fell from between N3,000 and N4,000 to N1,500 on CNG buses.<\/p>\n
The Chief Executive Officer of Rolling Energy, Mubarak Dambatta, said the Karu station features an Integrated Refuelling Unit with double dispensers capable of serving 150 cars daily.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the IRU, everything is integrated into one unit; we have the dispenser and the compressor all integrated into one. We also have a double noose, which means you can dispense from both sides, capable of serving 150 motorists daily depending on your cylinder size and the pressure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dambatta added that the station also has a conversion unit with capacity to convert 12 cars daily, as government targets aggressive expansion across high-traffic commercial corridors nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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