Driver Buys Cheap Fuel Priced At N200, Uses Only N4,100 to Fill Car Tank and Travel For Long Journey
- A woman who uses compressed natural gas as fuel in her car has said it is cheaper than premium motor spirit
- She said a journey that would have cost her N28,000 ended up costing only N4,100 because she used CNG as fuel
- The driver said she does not worry about fuel for her car because CNG has reduced what she used to spend on petrol
A Nigerian woman has converted her car to use CNG, and she said she no longer spends money on expensive petrol.
The woman said CNG fuel is cheaper because she spends less money to fill her car when she travels.
Source: UGC
The driver said she bought CNG fuel for N4,100, which was enough to cover a distance that would have cost her N28,000 if she had used premium motor spirit (PMS).
Oluwatosin Ibiwole noted that she no longer worries about how to buy expensive PMS, which currently sells for between N720 and N800 across the country.
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Her words:
"I converted my vehicle to CNG and I'm loving the results! What I used to cover with N28,000 worth of petrol now costs me just N4,100 with CNG!”
The TikTok video containing the woman's testimony about CNG was reposted by @a_ayofee.
According to Nagendra Verma, the managing director of NIPCO Gas, autogas for cars, taxis, and tricycles is presently being sold at about N200 per standard cubic foot, while CNG is sold at N260 per standard cubic meter (SCM) for heavy commercial vehicles.
Watch the video below:
Reactions to the cost of CNG in Nigeria
@meme said:
"Wait until they remove subsidy for this one too."
@SLY said:
"My question is this. How does the car read the gauge."
@Tomiwa said:
"The update go soon cast if our government notice it's really helping."
Man gives out PMS for free
In a related story, a Nigerian man warmed many hearts on social media after he bought one gallon of fuel and handed it out for free. This came at a time when fuel was being sold at the price of N850 per litre in some places across the country.
The driver who received the free fuel was short of words as he poured it happily into his car and embraced the kind man afterwards.
A lot of Nigerians who saw the video praised the man and said they wished to also encounter him.
Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.
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