The Federal Ministry of Youth Development has launched a Compressed Natural Gas e-portal for youths in the commercial transport sector, particularly those interested in operating CNG-powered tricycles across Nigeria. The ministry, through the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) and the ministry, unveiled the distribution of 2,000 CNG-powered tricycles on October 1, 2024. The portal allows youth from across Nigeria to sign up to be merged with aggregators or owners who work directly with the P-CNGi Programme, while beginning the process of becoming owners themselves.
The Ministry has designed the Youth Portal specifically to create opportunities for a greater number of youth to participate in the process. The Minister of State for Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, urged youth with an interest in the sector and palliative programme of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign up for the initiative via www.youthcng.ng or www.pci.gov.ng/tricycle
The Ministry’s mandate is to reduce unemployment in Nigeria by equipping young people with skills and empowerment to be self-reliant and employers of labor. The portal aims to build transparency around the process of enlisting youth into the Presidential CNG Initiative in the transportation sector, ensuring equal access to all government initiatives and programs.
Programme Director and Chief Executive Officer of P-CNGi, Michael Oluwagbemi, represented by Mr. Tosin Coker, described CNG as “the future of the nation” and commended the Federal Government for the initiative. National President of the National Commercial Tricycle & Motorcycle Owners & Riders Association (NACTOMORAS), Sani Hassan, pledged to mobilize members of NACTOMORAS across the country to fully subscribe to the program to benefit from the Presidential palliative in the transport sector.
