Nigerian Government Aims for 25,000 Jobs and $2.5bn Investment in Four Years

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The Nigerian federal government plans to create over 25,000 jobs and attract $2.5 billion in investment within four years through the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative. The Programme Director and Chief Executive of the PCNGI, Michael Oluwagbemi, announced this during a stakeholders' workshop in Ibadan, Oyo state.

The federal government targets over 25,000 jobs and $2.5 billion worth of investment in four years through the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative. The Programme Director and Chief Executive of the PCNGI, Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this in a stakeholders' workshop in Ibadan Oyo state on Friday. He stressed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had given PCNGI the mandate to convert one million vehicles by 2027.

You can imagine the level of investment required for this. 'To sustain one million vehicle conversions by 2027, we need 25,000 technicians. So, the job creation potential is an opportunity for job creation in addition to our gross domestic product, $2.5 billion worth of investment to be mobilised in the next four years and, of course, more than $25 billion added to our GDP.

 

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