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Adamawa state governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr.Christopher Nathaniel, has provided 500 units of CNG kits at subsidised rate for commercial tricycle operators in the state.
Speaking during an inspection visit to the conversion point in Yola on Monday, Nathaniel, represented by his running mate Dr. Fauziyah Ahmed Rufai, said that the gesture would go along way to bring succour to both the riders and the people.
He noted that initiative which is inline with their commitments to tackle poverty , unemployment and facilitate movement of people would also crash the high cost of transportation in the state.
He said with the gestures, market women and other downtrodden people would now pay less for transportation.
Also speaking, the Engineer in charge of the conversion , Mohammed Aminu, said they have 500 CNG kits in their disposal waiting to be converted but they have so far converted 70 tricycles from PMS to CNG.
On his part, Mr. Linus Sunday, the sale manager/ Head of operations of Greenville CNG limited, said the initiative is a milestone and a game changer in the energy sector with multiple benefits to both the riders, Keke owners and the general public.
He noted that it is a win- win for all of them, stressing that the cost of transportation will reduced by 50% through the initiative, adding that it is the first of it kind in the state and in the North-east.
Linus added that a litre of PMS is sales for 1470 or thereabout while CNG is # 650 and that 2000 PMS at most will take you for only 36 kilometers whereas with 2000 CNG you can travel as long as 97 kilometers .
Sani Abubakar, one of the Keke Napep riders who benefited from the gesture said before the conversion, he consumes N25,000 fuel in a day but with CNG, he spends only N7,000 a day.
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