17/07/2025
A list of more than 300 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion centres has disappeared from the website of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PICNG), a Nigerian government programme aimed at reducing transportation costs following the removal of the petrol subsidy.
Our reporter noted that the list disappeared two days after we published an investigation exposing how black market trade and conflict of interest threatened the initiative. A week later, the list remains missing from the website.
The initiative, which has gulped more than N45 billion through the Commercial Vehicle Conversion Incentive Programme (CV-CIP), is also compromised by what insiders described as inflated costs and procurement opacity.
Our investigation detailed how a top official, breached extant laws, holding a major share in a company that benefits from government-subsidised CNG kits meant for commercial and ride-share drivers.
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