The Oyo State Government has received another set of 10 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered buses from the Federal Government of Nigeria, strengthening its position as the leading CNG partner in the country.
This was disclosed by the Chairman and Sole Administrator of the Pacesetter Transport Service (PTS), Hon. Ibraheem Salami (Dikko), during a media briefing.
According to Hon. Salami, the new buses are a recognition of Oyo State’s commitment to sustainable transportation and its successful management of an earlier batch of CNG vehicles.
“Existing CNG routes include Ibadan to Abuja, Abuja to Ibadan, Lagos to Ibadan, and Ibadan to Lagos. We already had 20, and now the Federal Government has given us 10 more because of our commitment to the first batch,” he said.
“This makes us the highest CNG partner with the Federal Government in Nigeria.”
He explained that the newly delivered buses would be strategically deployed and efficiently managed within the state to boost commercial mass transit operations and provide commuters with cost-effective alternatives.
The initiative is part of the Federal Government’s nationwide CNG programme, which began its first phase in 2024. The programme includes free conversion of petrol-powered vehicles to CNG and aims to promote cleaner, more affordable energy use in Nigeria’s transport sector.
It would be recalled that in September 2024, the Federal Government handed over 20 CNG buses to the Oyo State Government as part of the first phase of the programme. With the latest addition, the total number of CNG buses in the PTS fleet now stands at 30.
