Hmm good luck with that o. Nigerian mechanics, tech wetin? Okay

agitator:


This your story is comparing apple and oranges. The prof was teaching, there is nothing wrong in bringing him to apply is knowledge into NITDA.

It won't be a problem if Nigeria is manufacturing cars and the guy is brought to coordinate the designing aspect. This body was just created to do nothing. What Nigeria needs is a national body that looks into safety of cars, set acceptable standards, etc as is done in other countries, or regions.

I am not against bringing in Nigerian experts in diaspora

Hello, I am back again. I hope you are having a nice weekend. The National body you are suggesting; could it be a semblance of the Standards Organization of Nigeria, specifically for automobiles?

Please what do you think about the partnership of Innoson Motors with DICON?
https://www.nairaland.com/3836925/innoson-motors-partner-defence-industry

In praising Dr. Chukwuma for his visit, Major General Ogunkale thanked Dr. Chukwuma for his giant strides and the visionary role he is playing towards our National development. He equally assured him that DICON would provide every necessary logistics to make their collaboration come to fruition.

Also on May 30th, 2017, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma OFR was inaugurated as one of the committee members of the Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo GCON at State House Abuja. The Council is expected to advise the Government on how to develop an industrial policy that would help the growth and development of industries in Nigeria.

Sorry for late response, I saw your post at 8:30am but was too busy.

Yes, it is done in most countries.

Innoson you mentioned cannot sell his cars in Europe and America except it passes their safety tests. The same applies to North America.

European cars need to meet American Standards, same applies to American cars being shipped to Europe.

Crash test are done, to see how the vehicle can withstand impact at various speeds. Note the manufacturers provide the vehicles which are used for the tests. So, before a manufacturer presents his vehicle for such tests, he is sure of the product.

But in Nigeria anything can be shipped into Nigeria. Who tested Innoson vehicles? Where are the crash reports.


On the partnership, it is a welcome development. I am aware DICON do a lot of fabrication, R & D , etc. because they have the facilities. Innoson can leverage DICON's fabrication experience to build purely Nigerian designed engines. This will then make it possible for them to manufacture vehicles with 80% Nigerian components. Forex being used to import those components will be saved.

However, It will also be good to hear that corporate organisations are partnering with Institutions of learning, like Universities and Polytechnics, to do research as is done in the advanced countries.

The new materials used for phones, vehicles etc are as a result of such research.

Most of the recent technological breakthroughs we have been enjoying is through such partnerships.

The appointment like I mentioned before is useless, because the Nigerian government just brought a designer to do bureaucratic work unrelated to his field or passion.

Now you mentioned it, he should have been brought to work with DICON who are into fabrication which would have benefited this partnership.