In a bid to ease the pains associated with the high cost of petrol, the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), says it has built workshops across the country to assist Nigerians convert their petrol-powered vehicles to auto gas.
Director-General of the institute, Dr Bayero Salih-Farah, who disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Zaria, Kaduna, said the institute has been working on the project for a year now and is ready to commence the conversion in the next two to three weeks.
Salih-Farah explained that the institute has been working in partnership with some manufacturers of the conversion kits which would be used at its workshops to enable Nigerians to have cheaper conversion from PMS to auto gas.
“We have sensitised relevant stakeholders across the country at different fora on the need for Nigerians to migrate from the use of PMS to gas.
“Gas is very cheap than petrol, it is also cleaner and convenient; Nigerians will be able to save a lot of money when they convert their vehicles from petrol to auto gas.
“The cost of transport will come down drastically because the money required to refill a tank using an auto gas will be 40 per cent lower than the money required filling a tank using petrol,’’ he said.
He said the use of auto gas would also reduce environmental pollution in the country substantially, and appealed to Nigerians to take advantage of the initiative.
