Nigeria, June 2 -- The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to purchase natural gas-powered mass transit buses as palliative measures to mitigate the effect of the removal of petroleum subsidies on the transportation sector.

The House made this call at the plenary session on Thursday following the adoption of the report of an ad hoc committee that investigated the Petroleum products subsidy regime in Nigeria from 2013-2022.

The report was considered by the Committee of the Whole and the recommendations proposed adopted.

"The federal government should out rightly remove subsidies on all petroleum products," the House resolved, adding that palliative measures should be provided, including the purchase of CNG vehi...