As the Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) is gaining wider acceptance and accolades, Higer Bus Company Limited of China is concluding plans to build a world class bus manufacturing plant in Nigeria. Towards this end, Higer Bus is entering into a tripartite partnership with two other Nigerian companies, Globe Motors and Asia-Africa International FZE Company located in Lekki Free Trade Zone.

Senior officials from Higer Bus are currently in Lagos holding series of meetings with their Nigerian partners; working out detailed logistics required to commence bus building through Semi Knocked Down (SKD) assembly operations but with firm commitment to upgrade to manufacturing operations within a short timeline.

The partnership is being mid-wived by the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) represented at the meeting by the Acting Director General, Mr. Luqman Mamudu.
Mr. Mamudu was presented with a prototype image of Higer Bus by officials of the company at the meeting.


Higer Bus Company Limited, also known as Higer Bus, is a Chinese bus manufacturer based in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. It was established at the end of 1998. HIGER is China's leading exporter of buses and coaches whose products are available in more than 100 countries and territories in South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia, East Europe and the Americas and the company continues to experience significant annual growth in both market expansion and production capability.

Higer Bus and Coach is the third largest and the fastest growing bus manufacturer in the world. It is known for its innovation and dedication to research and development.

Higer's manufacturing facility in the Jiangsu Province China has the capacity to produce 35,000 buses per year. The production base for medium, large and city buses covers 800,000 sqm (equivalent to 45 Melbourne Cricket Ground fields) and hosts advanced-equipped assembly lines.

Because quality is not negotiable, Higer has strictly implemented the quality standards of the national CCC certification, ISO/TS16949 and ISO14001. Higer has established strict regulations on the screening, assessment and verification of suppliers, with all the spare parts coming from reliable advanced enterprises, both domestic and international.

Higer has over 300 different bus and coach models from 5-18 meters in length, commercial/tourism coaches, city buses, energy buses, school buses, mini buses, coaster series, commuter buses and pick-up vans.

All Higer vehicles are reputed to be safe, fuel efficient, reliable and durable. The company presently employs more than 6000 people worldwide.

Source
http://www.autoreportng.com/2017/04/higer-bus-to-build-bus-plant-in-nigeria.html

Nigeria has finally turned to gold for all car and bus makers..


Lalasticlala, Seun

China and competition...
HIGER hmmmm
YUTONG is already making waves in Nigeria,lagos(blue buses)to be precise.

Nice, viable investment.

Ordinarily, one could presume that a country with the number of foreign investments that we have should fair excellently well economic-wise.

But the list of countries "doing fine" has to be expanded to "50 slots" for our country to show face

abegii no forget moi village oooo

With a good enabling environment, Nigeria is an investors paradise!!! But we have hopeless and stupid leaders

If Dangote can build a refinery , companies should site their firms around Lagos


Come and improve our economy

We need that in Lagos..

Seem PMB effort is beginning to pay off now. Flat headz, come here and wail

that's nice , just put am for southwest.

We nigerians will appreciate ur coming to our country but let it be affordable to buy.

great

We need this@ KiVuKi Land.

Okay

Click Like if it's "HIGHER" u have been reading since and no " HIGER".

Hope houses won't be demolished in lagos because of this company?

Okay let see ow it Goes

Hope it won't take them 100years to come...

Obasanjo had an enduring effect in telecoms sector, Jonathan in Automobile. Which sector are we going to remember Buhari for?

I'm sure they'll site their company in Lekki free trade zone Lagos

I hope about 50% of its components will be sourced here in Nigeria.

Parts like the metal sheets for the body, metal bars for chasis, seat foam, seat covers, all rubbers can all be sourced locally, with this there will serious job generation and value chain.

But sadly so far the Chinese have shown how selfish they are especially with rail construction, where they provide the loan to Nigeria but with condition that their local companies will build it with there local components, and even operation of the train is done by the Chinese, this model does not add any value but just creating a market for their product as Nigeria only consume, the Higer Bus company should be like old day PAN kaduna where almost everything is produced in Nigeria apart from engine,gear and brainbox

China fast becoming world economic power

Mr man you need to start reading the news and not just nairaland alon the automotive initiative started thru jonathan if not we won't have innoson and check number of automotive plant before your buhari

JayJohnson:
Seem PMB effort is beginning to pay off now. Flat headz, come here and wail

wow.

JayJohnson:
Seem PMB effort is beginning to pay off now. Flat headz, come here and wail

What effort?

The LFTZ has nothing to do with Buhari.

I doubt Buhari could even find Lekki on a map.

PHIPEX:
Obasanjo had an enduring effect in telecoms sector, Jonathan in Automobile. Which sector are we going to remember Buhari for?

Nepotism, bigotry, genocidal and deceit sectors of the Nigerian economy..

ITS A PITY OUR STUPID GOVERMENT WILL NEVER APPRECIATE THIS BRAND. THEY WILL FUSTRATE THEM WITH HEAVY TAX, SPENDING ALOT OF DIESEL AND LATER PACK UP. ITS A VERY GOOD DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR LEADERS SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND PATRONIZE THEM AS ROLE MODELS. GOOD ONE GLOBE MOTORS