President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is taking a significant step towards a sustainable and eco-friendly future through its pioneering initiative to deploy a fleet of 100 electric buses.
Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, that the President said this at a meeting with stakeholders and investors in Dubai, United Arab Emirate.
Tinubu was speaking on the Nigeria Carbon Market and Electric Buses Rollout Programme on the margins of the COP28 climate summit.
The President explained that the strategic initiative is aimed at reducing Nigeria’s carbon footprint and modernising the country’s transportation systems.
This, Tinubu said, was part of a larger effort to position Nigeria and Africa as the pioneering frontier of green manufacturing and industrialisation with a focus on natural gas as a transition fuel alongside other renewable energy sources.
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