President Tinubu led administration has commenced the conversion of railway locomotive engine from diesel to Compressed Natural Gas ( CNG).
This was disclosed by the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali during an Inspection of the retrofitting exercise at Idu train station in Abuja recently.
Speaking with Journalists after the Inspection Alkali explained that the process was at the advanced stage adding that the Engine was designed to initially run on on diesel but it will now be changed to use Gas.
The Transport Minister stated that the Conversion of the Engine would use both diesel and CNG.
He explained further that when completed, the Engine would run on 70 percent CNG and 30 percent on diesel.
” We want to start with Kaduna-Abuja because the workshop is in Abuja here and once we finish retrofitting, we will then continue with the remaining corridor” Alkali declared.
The Federal Government has chosen gas as the country’s transition as it aim to achieve Zero- emission by 2050.
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