Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the state is working towards converting some of its buses to gas-powered vehicles.
Sanwo-Olu said this on Thursday at the ongoing 12th Niegrian Gas Association(NGA) International Conference 2021 in Lagos.
According to the Governor, the state government has set up an independent company , Ibile Oil and Gas to serve as its implementing arm for Lagos state gas industrialisation.
âIbile oil and gas (IOGC), is fully owned Lagos but itâs a private sector driven company and we have some of the leading industry players on the board of this company,â he explained.
âWe are looking at gas for domestic use. We are building capacity in the company and we are also talking with major players where LPG as a primary fuel for domestic and road side cooking.
âWhat they are looking at is deploying at various locations in the city, LPG plants and stations that would be able to get citizens easy access and it becomes something they can use and we can take out the dirty fuels, kerosene, firewood, charcoal can be a thing of the past in a mega city like Lagos.
âWe want to deliberately promote autogas for transportation purposes. So, we have two to three public-funded transportation system and we will see how can convert some of the engines of these buses, the buses we currently have, about a thousand of them to CNG and LPG.
âSo the rollout and deployment of LPG compressed gas at various locations and we are talking to some of the manufacturers so that we donât run foul of what the protocols should be and what the implementation plan really should be.â
