LOZENGE: no one is diputing that. but the fact remains thtat its the first of its kind in Africa. common guy lets commend this laudable achievement

LOZENGE: no one is diputing that. but the fact remains thtat its the first of its kind in Africa. common guy lets commend this laudable achievement

7lives: @sienna, i congratulate you for being one of the few informed Nigerians.
There is nothing wrong in having a dream, but Nigerians need to understand that dream dies first, the only way we as a country can actualize our dreams is to simply wake up.
White people will come to commend us for taking so many wrong steps, this is the only way they can keep us under control.
These are highly classified information, during the era of cold war, so many Chinese super brains were wasted in American universities, simply because the American government want to prevent the transfer of knowledge to China.
The Chinese government had the will power, new set of people were sent out to the same America with a different strategy, so most of these new set didn't even wait for their results, as soon as they finish their programs, they board the next available flights to china.
This was how the Chinese got to where they are today, no country will give Nigeria any technology, branding is not manufacturing so we as a country should start thinking and our government should sit up.

eaglechild:
U are contradicting urself.
How else do u want the technology transfer to take place?
Or u want him to start producing super cars as starters?

leftone: Akingbemaru might be right.
I work at the apapa port and I see Inosson consignments come in.
They are what we call CKD(completely knocked down) goods which are assembled in Nigeria.
This is so because it attracts a low rate of duty.
Inosson imports CKD vehicles and only assembles here.
I can say that as a fact.
Don't get me wrong here.
It is a very good innovation.
I only mentioned this because of the fact manufacturing and assembling was mentioned.
It is cheaper to manufacture in china and asemble here.

leftone: Akingbemaru might be right.
I work at the apapa port and I see Inosson consignments come in.
They are what we call CKD(completely knocked down) goods which are assembled in Nigeria.
This is so because it attracts a low rate of duty.
Inosson imports CKD vehicles and only assembles here.
I can say that as a fact.
Don't get me wrong here.
It is a very good innovation.
I only mentioned this because of the fact manufacturing and assembling was mentioned.
It is cheaper to manufacture in china and asemble here.

Siena:

I understand. But that means the thread title is misleading, it's quite clear what it's saying.

Personally, I don't see Innoson as a manufacturer. What components in their vehicles are wholly Nigerian made? Even down to the basic plastic parts? I've looked at the pick-up truck, and the bodyshell is actually an Isuzu. So it's not even built by the Chinese. The engines, running gear and interior trim may well have Chinese content, but it's an Isuzu clone. The same goes for the buses, clones of their respective originals.

So where does the INNOSON angle figure? And just one thing - is anyone here old enough to remember Eddy-Bongos back in the mid '70's to the early '80's? ANAMMCO (Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company)? ANNAMCO churned out vehicles under the Eddy-Bongos brand, which were in fact thinly disguised Mazda commercial buses. I was a not even a teenager back then, but I still understood the concept. How different is INNOSON?

While I admire Chukwuma's concept, providing local employment, it would be false to claim INNOSON is an assembly plant. Forgot fully robotised production, there are hand-built cars even today, which are mostly exclusive, non mass-produced vehicles. This is very different from INNOSON.

And before the word "hater" gets bandied about, think carefully. If someone has a contrary view, it doesn't make them a "hater". It simply means (at least in this context) that they're putting emotion aside, and thinking outside the box.

PHIPEX: I don't know much about the safety checks it has passed and the ones he's yet to pass but the Standard Organisation of Nigeria Uses Innoson vehicles as its official staff bus. If there is any one that should be concerned about safety checks in Nigeria it should be SON but since SON uses it then I will believe it must have passed those checks you are concerned about.

ABAKA72: while you sweat, puff and fret trying to disprove the reality on ground, Innoson motors grows. I understand you are not happy because it is not happening in Lagos or Ibadan, well, am sorry, it is not anybody's fault, you people should work harder and do less talking, that's the secret.

captalex:

Still not good enough, do you know the kind of stress/heat/speed tests mercedes/BMW/Toyota and other car brands put their vehicles through before they put them in the showrooms for you to buy?. If you don't value your life and think that the fact that SON uses the bus means that it's safe (crash wise),better think again. After all the bus could have been given to them for free.

Siena:

Bro, are you this shallow, that you assume anyone who's not Igbo must be Yoruba? Gosh! There are more than two languages in Nigeria! Try to look beyond tribal issues when debating. And please, read through my old posts, I have NEVER once made ANY tribalist post. It's just not my thing.

And just so you know, I may not be Igbo, neither were any of my parents, but my mom was closer to Igbo than a lot of true Igbo folk. She was pretty fluent in all aspects of the language and culture. So applying a tribal slant just because my view differs to your is plain daft.

jasville:

Why do poor people have this ill-
conduct of condemning what is, yet,
proffering nothing concrete to serve a
physical challenge to such. Young man,
have you any warehouse for storage?
Let-alone the one to spill automobil. Re-cast your net Bro!!!