Nigeria expands gas-driven transport with CNG conversions and EV infrastructure

The Decade of Gas Secretariat, working with the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi‑CNG & EV), held a media capacity‑building session in Port Harcourt, bringing together 30 journalists to deepen coverage of Nigeria’s gas economy. The agency highlighted that gas production has reached 7.85 billion standard cubic feet per day, domestic utilisation exceeds 2 bcf/d, and exports are at a five‑year high. It also noted the completion of the Obiafu‑Obrikom‑Oben (OB3) River Niger crossing, a key pipeline that will improve gas transport, and the government’s goal to supply cooking‑gas cylinders to five million households by 2030, with a rollout beginning in Bayelsa State.

Executive Chairman Ismaeel Ahmed reported that more than 100,000 vehicles have been converted to CNG nationwide, supported by a 100,000‑conversion‑kit programme and a “Convert Now, Pay Small Small” financing scheme. The initiative has launched the Northern Corridor, deploying 40 CNG buses, seven electric buses and over 200 CNG‑powered tricycles in Kano, and commissioned CNG and LCNG stations in Kano, Katsina, Gombe, Kaduna and Owerri. Over the next year the agency plans to expand refuelling and EV‑charging networks, add more mass‑transit vehicles, scale up conversion financing and attract private investment to lower transport costs and build a sustainable transport‑energy system.