Nigeria, July 17 -- The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PICNG) has restored the list of over 300 CNG conversion centres to its official website.

This was done about three hours after PREMIUM TIMES reported the sudden disappearance of the data from public view.

The list, which had been one of the few public-facing components of the controversial multi-billion naira initiative, vanished two days after this newspaper published an investigation that exposed how black market trade and conflict of interest are threatening the initiative.

Its removal from the website raised concerns about transparency and accountability in the implementation of the programme.

The investigation detailed how a top official, David Idakwo, bre...