By Cosmas Okereafor
The federal government recently commenced the deployment of locally assembled Lanre Shittu Motors’ brand of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses for airport shuttle.This development is a demonstration of federal government support under president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to boost local assembling plants to enhance the growth of the automobile sector.
Lanre Shittu Motors’, a household name and dealers in heavy trucks and other brands of vehicles distribution across Nigeria is the foremost plant to have assembled Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), type of vehicles now in circulation in the Nigerian environment and for commercial use. Interestingly, the first batch of the CNG-powered buses has been received at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos by officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), led by its Managing Director, Mrs Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku who assumed duty last year; She is the foremost woman ever appointed by the federal government to take charge of the Authority.
