The Federal Government says car owners will have to pay up to N250,000 to have their vehicles converted to run on gas.
Justice Derefaka, Technical Adviser on Gas Business and Policy Implementation to Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, made this known on Wednesday.
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As indicated by him, converting vehicles from petroleum to run on gas will take in any event seven hours at the different places where conversion can be done in the nation.
The petroleum minister had said in September that the public authority will convert the vehicles of Nigerians to run on gas for free to reduce the impact of the climb in the cost of petroleum.
However, talking on Wednesday, Derefaka said there are diverse installment ways to deal with making the transformation, adding that vehicle proprietors can have a concurrence with business banks to complete their change.
He stated, “The transformation of your vehicle isn’t something that will take three weeks or seven days; it will take you around seven to eight hours since they (specialists) need to do a finding of your vehicle to check whether it is good for a change. From that point forward, they will test for roadworthiness and afterward continue.”
When approached who bears the cost for the transformation of the vehicles, the authority stated, “Who possesses the car? The proprietor of the car essentially will choose to state I need to run on autogas or CNG or LNG and as the justice minister had referenced previously, change has fundamental strands, you can cooperate with your bank and the bank will presently concur with the transformation place to convert your vehicle, not for nothing totally.
“The installer will currently put some type of system that each time you purchase the gas; a specific sum will be deducted to pay for the transformation pack. A few people will say it is excessively costly however I don’t think it is on the grounds that, inside a time of five to seven months, you’ve just taken care of the expense.
“The expense fluctuates, it relies upon the chamber of the vehicle yet overall, it is around N200,000 to N250,000 and this is for a four-chamber vehicle yet it turns into somewhat higher for a six-chamber vehicle.”
Derefaka noticed that a few communities have begun the change as of now. “In the event that you take your vehicle to a portion of the focuses like the one charged yesterday (Tuesday), experts and unique gear makers are there so you can carry your vehicles for change to begin running on gas.”
He likewise said 50 transformation communities will be overhauled and by January 2021, there will be change places over the six international zones of the nation.
The minister’s associate said the move will diminish carbon discharges just as the interest for petroleum.
