hardbody:

It is very possible. I will start by buying tyres, then the front compartments and the booth and bumper thereafter i send for th engine, take all to Ladipo and they will couple it for me. I trust my igbo brothers. The assembled car might even be cheaper than than the current ones priced at N9m. Where there is a will, there will always be a way

so-versatile:
May thunder fire dem i knw one tin; dey can only do dat but cant collect my legs. So FOOT-wagen rooooocks

enm:

And before you know it, small scale car assembly plant will start springing up here and there and from there big scale car assembly or manufacturing plant.

I smell opportunities here for those who are willing to take the risk.

waterhouse071: Then lets start producing cars locally instead of taking loans to buy junks. with GOD all things are possible.

Okija_juju: The government is increasing Duty on cars so that Nigerians would buy that crap that Innoson, PAN and all those Chinese assembly companies are building abi?!

No hating o!! I think Innoson is doing a good job, but I dont think that this is the way to encourage him..



All that will end up happening is that People will resort to going into Cotonou to buy cars and drive it across the boarder. It would be cheaper to buy a Car in Cotonou, register it, drive it across the border under the Ecowas treaty and change the plates once its in..

a.emmey:
to be candid, the FG thinking is one sided,
do u notice that we can only assemble car,we don't have the resources that will can use to manufacture car.the best option is for Nige ria to follow d Ricardian theory of international trade or hecksher ohlin theory.

BizBooks: I’m not making this up. This happens to be the informed opinion of a Toyota
Salesman in Lagos regarding the ban on importation of tokunbo cars. Here’s
the exact quote:

“…our Camry is about N9 Million now. But I can assure you that when
we reflect the new 70% duty and levy…Camry will be about N20 Million”

This represents an increase of more than 100%. We can expect all other car prices
to go up by that much in 2014. Unfortunately, Nigeria is like a nation on a barber's
chair. We move whichever direction our leaders push us, good or bad with little or
no resistance.

It is not too late to put a stop to this ill-advised policy. Contact every elected
and government official you know by email, phone, twitter, facebook etc. Make
your opinion known to them. If enough people complain, this policy might be
reversed.

Note: The Toyota Salesman was referring to a brand new Toyota Camry.

Disclosure: The writer is an importer of tokunbo cars and will profit from a
reversal of this policy.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/national/car-prices-rise-250/

Femoje: ...for your information the federal government did not ban car importation, charges on car importations where only increased to reduce the high rate of used car importation. You can checkout this link to confirm, www.thisdaylive.com/articles/aganga-no-ban-on-importation-of-second-hand-vehicles/160654/

felzylix: @least road traffic n accident go reduce..

mckorode: Tying to take steps that India took without putting the right things in place.
The transport system in the country is poor and it very inconvenient. That is why cars are a necessity.
You will establish factories for who to work in? With lack of skilled labor, Even new cars from industrial countries like japan have issues...you now expect Nigerians to use their money to buy made in Nigeria so that chassis go leave engine for highway abi!!!
The factories will be full of expats and will be running on generator abii...

The advisers to the govt are not very smart individuals though.