Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- The Nigerian government on Tuesday signed an agreement with taxi operators at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to convert vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and reduce airport transportation fares.

At the signing of the agreement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Programme Director/Chief Executive of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), Michael Oluwagbemi, said there would be a 30 per cent discount on airport shuttle fare once implemented.

"The airport taxi operators have about 800 fleet of vehicles, and we have agreed that once we hit 50 per cent conversion, which is about 400 vehicles, a 30 per cent discount will be implemented immediately. There are various prices based on the d...