Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated Nigeria’s first Integrated Energy Hub in Oshodi, combining petrol and diesel pumps, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and a CNG vehicle conversion centre in a single facility.
Developed by the Lagos State-owned Ibile Oil and Gas Corporation, the hub was located in Oshodi for its position as one of the city’s busiest commercial and transportation hubs. Sanwo-Olu said the project was more than a conventional filling station, calling it a practical demonstration of Nigeria’s energy transition agenda and crediting President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Compressed Natural Gas initiative for encouraging investment in alternative energy infrastructure.
IOGC managing director Temitayo Gbajumo said the facility, believed to be the first of its kind in Nigeria and possibly Africa, is designed to serve 200 to 300 vehicles daily for petrol and diesel, with its CNG section capable of dispensing about 7,000 standard cubic metres of gas a day. It forms part of a wider plan to build 19 CNG stations across Lagos, four of which are already operational, with the full rollout targeted for completion by year-end and further expansion planned for Epe, Ikorodu and Badagry. Gbajumo said the corporation is subsidising CNG conversion costs, with motorists currently paying N700,000 for the kit and installation.
Source: thenationonlineng.net