By Chesa Chesa
President Bola Tinubu and the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, on Thursday met in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja to discuss the Federal Government’s partnership with the automaker concerning deployment of more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered vehicles on Nigerian roads.
Emerging from the meeting,
Chukwuma told State House correspondents that “government is doing its best with Innoson Motors, the partnership is going on. In a short while everywhere you go you will see Innoson Motors.
“I started CNG about two years ago, I was the first to start it in Nigeria. My visit here today is on CNG vehicle issues, I have discussed with them and in a short time the masses will see CNG buses in the road.”
“It is the best idea, government’s initiatives on CNG is the best idea for this country because there are a lot of benefits and it is those benefits I saw before I started the factory to produce vehicles on CNG.
“Because I had started producing CNG vehicles before the announcement. For those that have used CNG vehicles, they will agree it is the way forward for this nation.”
The entrepreneur also said he was at the Villa to encourage the President as he meant well for the country, and urged Nigerians to be patient with him.
“Let everybody be patient because everybody knows that the former government sold oil, collected the money and don’t supply but this government is just supplying but not getting the money. So let them give them chance, everything will be okay.
“The way I see him, he wants the best for this country. So I am encouraging everyone to be patient and not destroy public infrastructure.
“There’s no benefit in destroying our things, our benefit is to be calm and let him plan for the future of the country, he said.
