Tinubu approves e-vehicles to ease transport costs in north east | The Round Table President Bola Tinubu has concured the introduction of electric vehicles in the geopolitical zone to quell transportation costs.
Mohammed Alkali, CEO of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), stated this while talking with state house correspondents on Wednesday.
He stated the decision was reached as a result of plans to create modular solar power units across states in the region.
He revealed NEDC has conducted a “thorough” analysis of compressed natural gas (CNG) and e-vehicles and concluded that the later are better suited for the region.
Abdulsalam Ahmed, executive director of operations for NEDC, revealed the e-vehicle fleet will include three categories.
These are e-buses designed for intra-state movements with a minimum capacity of 40 people per trip, e-taxis competent of carrying three people including the driver, and modified tricycles intensified to carry eight people including the driver.
He disclosed the commission prioritised local content and will ensure that the vehicle bodies can be fabricated locally in the north-east or other parts of the country.
“We are here today to brief Mr president on one very sarcastic activity he has agreed which we had to engage in the terminal two months,” he said.
“As you can recall, there is a directive from the president that cars as soon as possible should use CNG or electric vehicles. We, at the north-east development commission, did a thorough analysis of our region, and looked at the comparable advantage between CNG and e-vehicles.
“After our thorough analysis, we get to the conclusion that for the north-east region, yes, the CNG could work, but e-vehicle can work better for many reasons.
“One is that our plan at the last of day is to create modular solar power units across the state which can be used to power this percentage of e-vehicles.
“On that note, earlier on, we sought and got approval of the presidency for us to go ahead and get up with the framework of how we are going to deploy this e-mobility in the northeast and what kind of e-mobility, etc.
”Mr. President graciously gave approval, and today, we arrived to present to him the kind of e-vehicles we are going to introduce in the morth-east.”
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Published 10/3/2024