Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has received 20 Gas-Powered buses and 20 tricycles from the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) — another fruitful effort to ease mass transit in the state.
Speaking in Ilorin at the handover ceremony of the vehicles, the Governor said the initiative forms part of the government’s efforts to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on the populace.
Governor AbdulRazaq thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leadership of the PCNGi, and his own team for making steady progress in this regard.
According to him, the country navigates the gradual shift to cleaner energy in the wake of fuel subsidy removal, while state is taking delivery of 20 gas-powered buses and 20 tricycles from the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI).
He said this is another strategic partnership between the government, private sector players, and the Federal Government to bring ease to the people.
The Governor explained that these 18-seater shuttle buses and tricycles will be deployed to support the public transport system at a discounted cost to the people.
Governor Abdulrazaq said the government is also partnering with B-One Mobility Limited, which is setting up an assembly plant for gas-powered tricycles in the state.
He maintained that the partnership offers huge socioeconomic benefits for the people of the state in the area of job creation, poverty reduction, and affordable and clean transport system
The Ceremony was attended by Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi; members Kwara House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Rt Hon Yakubu Salihu Danladi; Kwara State Chief Judge Justice Abiodun Adebara; Grand Kadi Shari’ah Court of Appeal Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen; cabinet members; State APC Chairman Prince Sunday Fagbemi; Executive Vice Chairman, P-CNG, Mr Toyin Zubair; CEO B One Mobility Limited, Mr Atul Saraf; and transport workers.
