The Federal Government has purchased 70 hybrid Jet Mover buses from Jet Motor Company in an effort to improve the country’s transportation infrastructure.
This was disclosed in a statement by Jet Motor Company on Monday, according to The Punch.
The handing over event took place at Jet Motor Company’s plant in Ajah, Lagos State, and was attended by Ministry of Finance officials and delegates from the Presidential Initiative for Compressed Natural Gas.
The Technical Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Dimas Hamidu, acknowledged the good quality of the vehicles and commended the company for its good work.
He said the hybrid vehicles demonstrated President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s commitment to alleviating any challenges caused by the elimination of fuel subsidy.
According to Hamidu, the vehicles will go a long way in helping to solve the transportation needs of the citizens and help to cushion the impact of rising costs on the economy.
He stated “I am happy with what I have seen here. This will go a long way in alleviating the pain and suffering of the people with the removal of fuel subsidy.
” I was here earlier with the Minister of Finance, and we were taken around the plant. The minister even drove one of the vehicles, and he was very impressed.”
He also noted that the Federal Government had awarded contracts for the CNG vehicles to different companies to deliver a different number of units.
“Nigerians were becoming agitated and asking why they were not seeing these vehicles on the road.
“This is why the Ministry of Finance decided to have a tour of the factories and their facilities to see how soon they could deliver. We are impressed with Jet Motor for sticking to the terms of the contract, and the vehicles are in accordance with the specification.
“And we hope that very soon they will invite us again to take delivery of more of these vehicles that the president can use to alleviate the transportation challenges of the country,” he explained.
The Managing Director of Jet Motor Company, Derek Ewelukwa commended the team for the opportunity to contribute to the creation of an effective and comfortable transport model for the country’s population.
He explained that each of the hybrid vehicles has two CNG tanks with a combined capacity of 220 liters of gas and capable of traveling 300 kilometres, as well as an 80-litre petrol tank.
