Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- The Federal Government has redirected its initial Naira 100bn allocation for the purchase of 3,000 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to vehicle conversions, tricycles and higher-capacity buses.

Tosin Coker, Chief Operating Officer of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Initiative, disclosed this during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Sunday.

Coker said the government reviewed its original plan after establishing the presidential initiative in October 2023, concluding that purchasing 3,000 buses would not adequately address the country's transportation needs.

He explained that the revised programme was designed to expand access to alternative-fuel transportation by supporting vehicle conve...