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Lagos Metropolitan (LAMATA) Plans Biogas Introduction In Lagos Transport System
Lagos Metropolitan (LAMATA) Plans Biogas Introduction In Lagos Transport System
Lagos Metropolitan (LAMATA) plans biogas introduction in Lagos transport system. Mr Konyeha said that the project would attract private sector participation in the value chain for the development of biogas.
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says it is carrying out a study on the feasibility and viability of introducing biogas into the Lagos state transportation system.
The technical adviser, planning, LAMATA, Osa Konyeha, said this in an online programme, monitored by journalists on Friday in Lagos.
Mr Konyeha said that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu was interested in the project and had inaugurated a steering committee to drive it.
According to him, the project is making headway and the authority is looking at the necessary regulatory and legal framework to support it.
Mr Konyeha said that the project would attract private sector participation in the value chain for the development of biogas.
“With regard to what we are doing with biogas, we recognise of late that there are a lot of issues with availability of fuel.
This has led to price increase in petrol and has impacted the availability of buses and services that we run.
“As a result, LAMATA has made conscious decisions to be a multifold agency.
“We are looking at not just electric buses, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses, but other forms of cleaner energy, and this led us to biogas.
“Specially, we have conducted a study that looks at the viability of the use of biogas in Lagos.
“The study showed that with the amount of waste we have in Lagos, it is indeed feasible and viable to have biogas as a means of fueling our public transport or regulated service,” Mr Konyeha said.
He said that the authority was looking at the challenges that would be faced in harnessing the biogas industry, one of it being the legal and regulatory framework.
The technical adviser said that LAMATA was working with consultants to review its policies and the necessary instrument that would engender interest from the private sector to participate.
“We are looking at capacity building for stakeholders within the sector, because this is very new to us.
“We want to make sure that all stakeholders from the energy, procurement sector, legal side of things, everyone has got the necessary capacity to ensure we have a sustainable biogas production system that will help public transportation operations,” he said.
Mr Konyeha said that another challenge was how to make the buses compliant, adding that LAMATA had introduced the use of CNG and had made provision for 2,000 CNG buses.
LAMATA
“Another challenge has to do with technology, to ensure that the retrofitted buses are compatible with the technology that the biogas will need,” he said.
The technical adviser said that the authority was gathering data from other countries that had implemented such, like the Côte d’Ivoire, partnering with them to understand the challenges they faced.
He said that on economic viability, it would ensure that the value chain was financially feasible and viable, and that all stakeholders are comfortable with the chain.
“We will ensure that there is public acceptance, the Lagos residents will accept and adopt the biogas buses operation in the state.
“We are running campaigns, raising awareness on the benefits of biogas,” Mr Konyeha said.
NNPC Ltd. HSE Chief Sets Tone For Industry-Wide Safety Standards
NNPC Ltd.’s Chief Health, Safety and Environment Officer, Tonye Alagba, has urged Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) personnel across the company to strengthen collaboration and build a unified HSE team.
Alagba, who made the call at the recent First Quarter 2026 HSE Council Meeting held in Abuja from 15th to 17th April, 2026, called for collective responsibility, strict compliance, and proactive prevention of HSE violations across all business units.
NNPC
NNPC Ltd. values strict HSE adherence across all its businesses and operations. The HSE Council Meeting signals the company’s broader intent to raise the bar for safety culture across Nigeria’s energy sector.
NNPC, SNEPCo, NCDMB Donate Geosciences Centre To UNILAG
NNPC Limited, in partnership with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), and the University of Lagos (UNILAG), commissioned and donated the newly built UNILAG Geosciences Centre of Excellence to the University on Friday.
Purposely built to strengthen geosciences education and research in Nigeria, the Centre was inaugurated by the Chief Upstream Investment Officer of NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services Ltd. (NUIMS), Olanrewaju Igandan, alongside the Managing Director of SNEPCo, Ronald Adams; Director of Capacity Building (NCDMB), Abayomi Bamidele; Lagos State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Tolani Sule; and the Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, Professor Folasade Ogunsola.
The Centre boasts of a 250-seat auditorium, geoscience and instrumentation laboratories, a rock preparation workshop, hydrogeology, mineralogy, environmental geology, sedimentary and palaeoenvironmental sciences laboratories, a seismic interpretation room, a modern library, a digital museum, and collaborative spaces for students and researchers. It is also supported by a 600 kVA transformer, a 40 kVA solar power facility, and a field investigation coaster bus.
SNEPCo, NNPC
By connecting academia, industry, and government under one roof, the Centre provides Nigerian students and researchers with hands-on access to modern energy tools, reduces the oil and gas industry’s reliance on international markets for testing and training, and builds the in-country expertise Nigeria’s energy sector needs.
NNPC Limited remains committed to driving capacity building, supporting national development, and working with partners to secure a stronger energy future for Nigeria.
NNPC: Ministers Chart Course Gor West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP)
The Committee of Ministers for the West African Gas Pipeline Project met in Abuja on Friday, reaffirming its central role in West Africa’s regional energy agenda.
The meeting brought together ministers and high-level representatives from Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana, alongside officials from ECOWAS, the West African Gas Pipeline Authority (WAGPA) and West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo).
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, who opened the meeting, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to the long-term sustainability and expansion of the pipeline, adding that since its inception, the WAGP has transported over 613 million MMBtu of natural gas, with Nigeria accounting for more than 68 per cent of total volumes supplied to Benin, Togo, and Ghana.
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On his part, NNPC Limited’s Executive Vice President, Gas, Power & New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, emphasised the company’s active stewardship of Nigeria’s gas export commitments and its broader role in shaping regional energy cooperation across West Africa.
With gas throughput reaching approximately 80 million MMBtu in 2025, a 22 per cent rise on prior years, and discussions advancing on expanding pipeline capacity utilisation by 45 per cent in 2026, NNPC Limited remains at the centre of efforts to grow a credible, commercially viable regional gas market.
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