The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has secured a commitment from the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative to establish additional Compressed Natural Gas filling stations across Kogi State following complaints of acute gas shortages affecting commercial transport operators.
The development comes amid growing concerns by commercial tricycle operators over the scarcity of CNG, which has disrupted transportation activities and increased hardship for operators and commuters across the state.
A statement issued by the senator’s media office late Monday said operators under the Kogi Central Tricycle Network complained that the shortage had led to long queues at the only CNG station serving the area, resulting in lost productive hours and reduced earnings.
The operators said the lone facility could no longer meet the growing demand from commercial riders who had embraced the Federal Government’s clean energy programme.
The group described the situation as a major challenge and called for urgent
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