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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday commissioned a high‑capacity compressed natural gas (CNG) booster station in Jahi, Abuja, as part of a public/private sector drive to expand gas infrastructure, deepen utilisation and reduce dependence on conventional fuels across Nigeria.
The facility, developed by Rolling Energy Limited with support from the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF), has a sales capacity of 1,000 Standard Cubic Metres (SCM) per hour and is backed by two CNG tube skids with a combined capacity of 17,000 SCM. It is designed to serve over 1,000 CNG vehicles and 100 trucks daily. Rolling Energy said the station has begun operations and is serving between 350 and 400 vehicles daily.
Speaking by via a message on his official X handle at the commissioning, President Tinubu described the project as one of several private investments that will reduce transport costs, widen access to cleaner energy and strengthen the nation’s energy sovereignty.
He said the project is part of a broader Rolling Energy rollout that includes 17 regasified LNG (RLNG) and liquefied compressed natural gas (LCNG) facilities planned for Kaduna, Kano and Borno states. “Together, these projects will lower transport costs, expand cleaner energy, and strengthen our energy sovereignty,” the president said.
The President also said the Jahi station is one of four MDGIF‑sponsored gas projects being commissioned nationwide. He named other projects by Ibile Oil and Gas and Portland Energy in Lagos, and Femadec in Owerri, as part of the same wave of private sector investment.
Tinubu said the investments aligned with the federal government’s Decade of Gas Initiative, which seeks to promote natural gas as a driver of industrialisation, energy security, transport transformation and economic diversification.
He noted Nigeria’s estimated proven gas reserves of about 215 trillion cubic feet and urged that the resource be used to support domestic development as well as exports.
The President added that the Jahi station contributes to the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (Pi‑CNG), which aims to expand CNG adoption for transport and industrial use. He said such facilities will create jobs, stimulate local enterprise, reduce fuel costs, lower emissions and improve energy affordability.
Representing the President at the ceremony, the minister of state for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, encouraged investors to take advantage of the country’s gas opportunities. He described the project as an important milestone in efforts to deepen gas utilisation and strengthen the gas value chain in the country. Rolling Energy’s chief executive officer, Mubarak Umar Danbatta, said the facility has already recorded strong utilisation and highlighted the company’s wider contribution to the gas adoption drive.
He said Rolling Energy has supported deployment of more than 8,000 vehicle conversion kits in collaboration with Pi‑CNG & EV, enabling increased use of natural gas as a transport fuel.
The Jahi station includes a Mass Conversion Centre with trained technicians and conversion kits, capable of converting up to 20 vehicles and 25 tricycles per day. Rolling Energy says the station can serve more than 1,000 CNG vehicles and 100 trucks daily, and intends it to be a major CNG hub for the Federal Capital Territory.
Executive director of MDGIF, Oluwole Adama, represented at the event by MDGIF’s director of project management, Dr Hussaini Basaka, reiterated the fund’s commitment to financing projects that expand gas access and support economic growth. The federal government said it will continue to support gas investments through policy reforms, regulatory backing and strategic financing mechanisms such as MDGIF to accelerate gas utilisation across the country.
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