CNG: Isaac Ademola Agoro Foundation Complements Federal Government’s Effort, Trains Young Engineers On Installation Of CNG In Vehicles
As part of its determination to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government initiatives in installation of CNG in vehicles across the nation, Isaac Ademola Agoro Foundation is training young engineers in the area of CNG Auto gas conversion.
While speaking with journalists, the founder, Isaac Ademola Agoro Engineering Foundation, Engineer Ademola Agoro, said the essence of the training is to complement the effort of the federal government in conversion of CNG Auto gas aftermath the removal of fuel subsidy.
Engr Agoro, who is also the Chairman, Protogy Global, explained that the foundation is set up to empower young people on engineering.
“To fulfil President Tinubu mandate. We have capacity to bring in a lot of conversion kits to this country and in support of federal government initiative, so when we train people, anybody that want to work with us, we will be able to employ them.
“And if they want to go and set up, anywhere in Nigeria, we will be supporting them.
Trainees come from everywhere in the country, and we will encourage them to have small workshop that can do the convertion, so if they need support, we will be happy to supply them with every necessary engineering backing.
“We are not doing it for ourselves but to have a lot of this all over Nigeria.”
Commenting on Nigeria readiness to be CNG compliance, Engr Ademola Agoro assured that the country has more than what it takes to be CNG compliance.
“Nigeria has all the necessary ingredients and facilities to be compliant.”
Also, the facilitator, who also doubles as the Chairman, Nigeria Society of Engineers, Oluyole Branch Engr (Dr.) Adewale Ikotun said the training is in line with President Tinubu mandate of converting one million vehicles to CNG Auto gas.
“For some, they may think it’s on the high side, but you recover your money within a short time. For example, I drive on this Pathfinder, I complete this installation with1.3m, and I confirmed that within six months, I had recovered my money back because I travel a lot with it.
“A journey that will take me fifty thousand naira petrol will take me five thousand naira gas.
“In terms of the safety, the notion that gas is dangerous .But we actually use gas to cook in the house, even women in the village, they use gas. Who can use petrol to cook in the house?
“The CNG cylinder comes with a lot of safety devices. It’s very difficult for it to explode. It has what it is called pressure relief gas. The only thing that can explode cylinder is when it goes over pressure, but they had incorporated a pressure relief verb that will release the gas, and the gas will flare in the atmosphere.
“The CNG we are talking about is lighter than air. He doesn’t come together as a cloud, it disappear into the air. It also comes with a temperature relief verb.
“The cylinder itself is a bullet-proof cylinder. Overall, it is very safe. They had been using this technology in Malaysia and Europe for the past thirty years.”
Engr Ikotun added that Nigeria is lucky to have President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who says subsidey must go and that we go back to gas.
He disclosed that since the launch of CNG, Nigeria has converted over fifty thousand vehicles and has not yet been a single accident.
Engr Ikotun further said that the training is one of its kind, adding that more are still coming.
“Ademola Agoro will continue to build capacity as long as he lives. He has an interest in building the youths. He’s one of the top notch engineer in Nigeria.
The cost of the training is a phenomenon. ”
Also, the project manager, Sylvia Innocent, Sylvia, said the essence of the training is to empower the youths.
According to her, “Engr Agoro is passionate about empowering the youths. He believes everybody should be relevant. He does not like it when people are non challant.
“It’s for them to be useful to themselves and add value to society.
“At the end, some will be employed, and those that want to be on their own will be assisted. Everything is free, the accommodation, transportation, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and others.
“Engr Ademola Agoro is an Engineer, he’s passionate about empowering the youth, he made this opportunity open to open, it’s actually while you pick your preference.”
Some of the trainees expressed their excitement and commended the foundation for giving them a platform to contribute their quota to national development.
They pledge to take advantage of the training to equip themselves and also to assist others.