As Nigeria government tries to remove fuel subsidy by February 2022, there is fear of rise in the cost of transportation. As a result of this the Nigerian National Petroleum Company has started working out ways to tackle the problem if it arises by contracting Innoson Vehicle Motors (IVM) to produce Condensed Natural Gas buses to help reduce the effect if the fuel subsidy is removed next year.
Innoson Vehicle Motors has been into production of vehicles locally in Nigeria. The company is a Nigerian automobile manufacturing company based in Nnwewi, Anambra State.
Chief Innocent Chukwuma, the chairman of Innoson told journalists in Nnewi that “I am doing city buses for NNPC. The one that will use gas. 100 units. I am producing it from start to finish. It will be purely gas. But I made it in such a way that in case there is scarcity of gas, it will use diesel. So, it can change as an alternative.”
Chief Innocent Chukwuma also revealed that Innoson can produce electric cars also with gas as alternative fuel. He said he is ready to begin manufacturing electric cars but the country is not ready. According to him, studies have been made and he has trained people who will produce electric vehicles once Nigeria is ready.
Meanwhile, the government has made its transition plan to gas known. This will initially see the conversion a million vehicles running on petrol converted to run on gas.