Why I’m Driving Made-in -Nigeria Car -Senator John Owan Enoh
I am confident that very soon other public office holders will also drive Made-in-Nigeria cars in line with Nigeria’s first policy.
I am confident that very soon other public office holders will also drive Made-in-Nigeria cars in line with Nigeria’s first policy.
• Francis Meshioye, the President of MAN, address participants during the AGM /MiNE exhibition For 53 consecutive years, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has been passionately urging Nigerian households and all levels of government to prioritize buying locally made, high-quality products. Do these patriotic calls imply that Nigerians should refrain from purchasing any foreign-manufactured…
Reacting, the Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Segun Ajayi, explained that the deficit is not only a result of consumer choices but also of government procurement patterns.
Photo from left: MD Coleman Wires and Cables industries limited, Mr. George Onafowokan; DG MAN, Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir; and Mr. Adetunji Aderinto, Founder Zetamind Consulting Limited, during at BusinessDay Manufacturing Conference in Lagos, on Thursday. “It will be commendable to see President Bola Tinubu driving a vehicle made and assembled in Nigeria.” Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director…
•Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, the Director – General of NADDC. ‘Nigeria First’ policy empowers the BPP to ensure that all (100 per cent) government procurements are made in Nigeria. However, it could approve patronage of imported products where there are no local alternatives. The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) is eagerly looking forward to…
Leading the debate, Senator Ndubueze said that the bill sought to make it mandatory for Ministries, Departments and Agencies to give priorities to local manufacturers and indigenous companies in the procurement of goods and services
“In terms of aesthetics, I am satisfied with what I see here. In terms of functionality, we have been assured by the manufacturers that the vehicles are quite efficient.
“President Tinubu has proposed that we will no longer just sit there and allow importation to come into this country where there is the capacity for production of these commodities locally.”