NNPC Contracts Innoson motors to build City buses

To cushion the effect of removal of subsidy on the citizens, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had contracted a private motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors Limited to produce hundreds of mass city transport buses.
The buses, Town Crier News gathered would be deployed nationwide as the fuel subsidy removal is likely to hike up transport costs.
It was also learnt that the buses to be manufactured will make use of both gas and diesel alternatively.
Speaking, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Innoson Motors, Mr. Innocent Chukwuma confirmed the contract to Town Crier News saying: “I am doing city buses for NNPC. The one that will use gas. 100 units. I am producing it from start to finish. It will be purely gas. But I made it in such a way that in case there is scarcity of gas, it will use diesel. So, it can change as an alternative.”
Chukwuma added: “I can produce electric cars and make gas its alternative. I wanted to start producing electric cars, but Nigeria is not yet ready. Immediately Nigeria is ready, I will produce it. I have made the study and trained people on it. It’s a good development and we are ready for it.”