The National Automotive Design and Development Council
has awarded licences for the establishment of 12 new vehicle assembly plants in
the country.
The document stated that the benefitting companies are
automobile manufacturing giants such as Toyota, Honda, General Appliances West
Africa, Perfection Motors Company, and Richbon Nigeria.
The others are R.T. Briscoe Nigeria, Nigeria-China
Manufacturing Company, Nigeria Sino Trucks, Coacharis Motors, DAG Motorcycle
Industry Nigeria, Globe Motors Nigeria, Century Auto-Assembly Nigeria, and
Concept Auto Centre.
The plants are expected produce a wide range of
automobile products such as sport utility vehicles, passenger cars, pickup
vans, buses, tricycles and motorcycles, among others.
The document also indicates that the companies, with
their corporate offices in Enugu and Lagos, have started making arrangements to
begin operations.
According to the document, the commencement of operations
by the new licensees will bring the current total number of automobile assembly
plants in the country to 45.
It stated that there were 15 assembly plants in the
country before the National Automotive Industry Development Plan was launched
in 2014, but only three were operational.
While stating that 18 additional vehicle assembly plants
were set up after the NAIDP came into being in 2014, the document stated that
the plants were in different stages of completion.
(NAN)
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