By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
The Federal Government says it will modernise the country’s transportation system with emphasis on natural gas as a transition fuel among other renewable energy sources.
The Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Saidu Alkali made this known at the 18th National Council on Transportation held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with the theme” Embracing innovations and technologies for sustainable transportation, tackling the energy challenges”
The Minister, who maintained that the transport sector remained a major factor in the challenge of environmental pollution, stressed the need to adopt a multifaceted approach towards accelerating the adoption of a sustainable environmentally friendly transportation model.
Alhaji Alkali advocated greater partnerships between academia, industry operators and regulators to ensure that alternative energy transportation technologies were properly harnessed while commending the efforts of the Ogun State Government in promoting Multimodal transport through the e-mobility and Gas-mobility projects.
Declaring the event open, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun represented by his Deputy, Mrs Noimot Salako- Oyedele said the choice of Ogun State as the host of the meeting was a unique opportunity to foster collaborations on innovative ideas, towards driving the required changes in the transportation sector.
Governor Abiodun also solicited the support of the National Council on transportation towards actualising the vision for seamless multimodal transportation in the State.
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