Lagos Adds 20 High-Capacity CNG Buses In Push For Cleaner, More Efficient Transport

The Lagos State Government has received 20 additional high-capacity Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses under the Presidential Initiative on CNG and Electric Vehicle (EV) Buses, in a move aimed at boosting public transportation capacity and supporting Nigeria’s transition to cleaner energy.

Speaking at the handover ceremony in Lagos, the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said the buses would improve the daily travel experience of Lagos commuters by providing greater capacity, enhanced comfort and cleaner journeys.

“Today, we receive buses. Tomorrow, we build a cleaner future. A cleaner Lagos is a better Lagos,” Osiyemi said at the event, where he called for continued Federal Government support through the provision of more CNG buses and the infrastructure required for their effective operation and maintenance.

Osiyemi also described the intervention as an opportunity to build a “cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable transportation system,” adding that the high-capacity buses would potentially reduce waiting times for commuters on supported routes.

Also speaking at the event, the Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, said the handover represented another practical step towards providing Lagos residents with more efficient, affordable, reliable and sustainable public transportation.

Akinajo disclosed that Lagos currently has approximately 150 CNG buses, including 36 buses allocated to operators under LAMATA’s regulatory framework. She said the additional 20 buses would further strengthen bus-service capacity on the corridors where they would be deployed.

Noting that the buses are not merely vehicles but additional capacity to move people, the LAMATA boss charged the beneficiary operators to deploy the buses efficiently and maintain them properly to ensure that commuters derive the full benefits of the intervention.

She further assured Lagos residents and partners that LAMATA would continue to provide the necessary regulatory oversight to ensure that the buses contribute meaningfully to the quality, reliability and sustainability of public transportation across the metropolis.

In his speech, the Chief Operations Officer, Pi-CNG & EV, Mr. Tosin Coker, said Lagos “is critical to the energy transition in the public transport sector”. He urged the beneficiary operators to ensure proper maintenance of the buses so they could serve the populace, whom they were meant to serve.

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