Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo yesterday undertook a tour of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) plant in Nnewi, Anambra State, where trucks, luxury buses among other vehicles on its fleet, are now powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
Ekpo was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ambassador Nicholas Ella and other officials of the ministry, and was conducted round the plant by the company’s CEO, Chief Innocent Chukwuma.
The Minister commended the vision of the company in manufacturing vehicles powered by gas, noting that it was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive that gas is adopted as a transition fuel in Nigeria and that more vehicles be converted and fired by CNG across the country.
