@levelszik:
and may your parent too run your life the way obasanjo ran Nigeria.anuofia

desola...or wateva ur name is... I can see u are too corrupted wit abusive manner.. No wonder u neva marry @dis ur age. Its beta u go bkum a jaundice.. Abegggg... Click like if u want to marry desola

HNosegbe: I'm not quite sure what the president means by this.

Even advanced car-making countries still import cars from other countries. There are Japanese cars in the US. You can still find a Benz in South Korea, or a Kia in France.

What the FG needs to do is fasttrack the power sector reforms so that we can have sufficient electicity to assist local production. Infrastructure and relevant transport links to market should also be looked into.

You look things with ordinary eyes, eeya! Don't you understand our leaders are being manipulated by witches and wizards.
Have you forgotten what 0basanjo said abt nigeria bin cursed or something. Abeg, the matter don tired me.
You can visit www.calebmoney..com. For more gist.

payless:


Your writings suggest you are a holder of an imaginary Ph.D. No Ph.D holder writes the way you just did.

The guy is trying to be funny. But the last time i checked, there is no Phd thesis on clowning...

Desola:
May you parents run your life the way Jonathan runs Nigeria.

You are a never-do-well. Jonathan is better than OBJ, Abacha and IBB.

Only Yaradua would have equalled him.. Your hate will eat you up... Lack of achievement is your problem...

If igbo cars are competing with Chinese and Japanese cars even in the commercial transport sector, then you need to go and work on your hate..

Innoson is a businessman in the class of Dangote so if innoson enjoys monopoly for a while before your likes decide to venture vehicle manufacturing, it wont be worse than the monopoly OBJ delivered to Dangote in the cement sector. Today Dangote is the largest employer of labour aside government... If innoson repeats same feat in car maufacturing sector, then its welcome but that enabling environment must be created for him and his likes...

People like you are still the ones who will complain that govt has failed in job creation for graduates..

I will help d person in saying a BIG AMEN!!!

Desola:

May you parents run your life the way Jonathan runs Nigeria.

Its a gud idea, wrong timing, when there are issues that needed ore attention. Besides will govt official patronise it? Wnt govt discourage manufacturers wit huge taxes? We still need 2 set our priority right. May God help us

The other day, the federal government was going to ban generators.Now it is going to ban import of used cars.Whats next? |Maybe ban the import of used clothes?

okpara ugo:

You are a never-do-well. Jonathan is better than OBJ, Abacha and IBB.

Only Yaradua would have equalled him.. Your hate will eat you up... Lack of achievement is your problem...

If igbo cars are competing with Chinese and Japanese cars even in the commercial transport sector, then you need to go and work on your hate..

Innoson is a businessman in the class of Dangote so if innoson enjoys monopoly for a while before your likes decide to venture vehicle manufacturing, it wont be worse than the monopoly OBJ delivered to Dangote in the cement sector. Today Dangote is the largest employer of labour aside government... If innoson repeats same feat in car maufacturing sector, then its welcome but that enabling environment must be created for him and his likes...

People like you are still the ones who will complain that govt has failed in job creation for graduates..

And them the Alarm bell rang?

People tend not to realise that China bought some failing Car Industries around the world just to fast track themselves into a Car making industry, the same with India! BMW had to buy Rover Group PLC just to be able develop the 4x4 and front-wheel drive cars! You cant just up and develop your own car and expect people to put their hard earn cash towards what they dont know how good the car will be.


Just like PAN (Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria) were bribing the FG to ban Tokunbo cars, I guess something similar is happening here again

thank God. I get 2 Horse.

CFCfan: THE Federal Government has revealed plans to ban importation of vehicles into the country, to encourage local production, even as revival efforts for the nation's moribund assembly plants were yet to be visible.

Besides, the government has stepped up moves to reposition the nation's transportation system, in line with its transformation agenda.

Already, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has concluded arrangements to kick-off passenger service on the Eastern railway route before the end of December.

President Goodluck Jonathan stated these while declaring open the 2013 yearly national management conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) in Uyo, Monday.

The President did not however state the time frame for the vehicle import ban programme.

He stressed that the efforts being made, especially in local vehicle production at Nnewi, Anambra State need to be encouraged.

Recently, the government directed its various organs to purchase vehicles made at the Nnewi plant, a gesture that was lauded by the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga had earlier hinted of government's plan to create three automobile training centres and clusters at Lagos, Nnewi and Kano.

The training centres, according to Aganga, would be established in partnership with Brazil to train Nigerians in automobile maintenance and spare parts production, while the clusters would host new vehicle assembly plants.

The President said that the reform in the rail, airport and the maritime sectors were aimed at gaining the confidence of investors and to empower Nigerians.

The government's policy of economic inclusion, according to him, was designed to empower the less privileged and the unemployed through opportunities in agriculture and skills acquisitions.

"We can emphatically say that as a result of our economic policy, there have been significant improvement in our economic transformation drive," Jonathan said.
http://odili.net/news/source/2013/sep/17/13.html

All talk and no action. How can they ban car importation? Its like saying we will ban petrol import, even though we produce crude oil. I think he enjoys looking stupid.

Can anyone please show me a locally produced car?

oyb: typical idiocy of the FG

at present there is only one car manufacturing plant - Innoson - which most of us find suspect

if the FG is actually serious, they should sort out power and rail then throw in some tax concessions, and Toyota ,Nissan and Honda will set up shop. it will be far more convenent to buy locally.

in the end, this is just another mindless soundbite

nothing will happen - certainly not from our FG where the senate , minister etal are obsessive users of foreign imports

Instead of focusing on improving electrical supply they want to manufacture cars. Even American models face steep competition from German and Japanese cars.

What the FG doesn't realize is that if power supply was improved by only 50% the country will attract a lot of foreign investment. Let them show by example then we will believe.

Naijamericana:

Instead of focusing on improving electrical supply they want to manufacture cars. Even American models face steep competition from German and Japanese cars.

What the FG doesn't realize is that if power supply was improved by only 50% the country will attract a lot of foreign investment. Let them show by example then we will believe.

Spot on


misplaced priority

IGBO-SON:


^^^And if timed right, what's wrong with a total ban on importation of vehicles?; it's not as if they're about to ban something we can't do without....like oxygen or water for instance!

This will give serious minded automobile manufacturing coys the 'reason' to set up factories in Nigeria to meet demand. More so if constant power supply is guaranteed!

There is a lot wrong with a total ban of vehicle importation. The local companies would have no competition and therefore would have no need to improve on their product. By 2030 the vehicles would still be using the present technogy...and so would the mechanics of that time. Think Cuba..they did the same and are still using 1960 cars. There are other ways to promote local use...like putting a heavy importation tax on imports...and an extra luxury tax on the Range Rover types...but at the same time making the local cars tax free and can even be subsidized.....but before any of this is done the FG must lead by example and use local cars instead of imports. My 2 cents....overspent.

Desola:

May you parents run your life the way Jonathan runs Nigeria.

Are u really married or do u ever wish to marry with the way u sound?
Seems u grew up under an orphanage home,thus lacking home training.
No vex,na true

Am sure the bowler-hat loving man must have spoken extempore .....while still very high with large dosage of raw cognac.

Guarantee electricity supply and everything will fall in place.

Hmmm, naija to produce vehicles.... Lets see if government will patronize locals

[quote author=Andyblaze]I am actually a genuine doctorate degree holder. Mondi cheeks is my witness.
Buh! u don't act like one.

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[quote author=1MCN]

Believe me, brother, most of our car importers have enough money to open up at least an assembling plant. Coscharis can in fact open a manufacturing plant. But you what, they wouldn't cos it's easier to buy and sale cars, the risks are far less. But our society suffers. Nigerians like quick-fix too much. Do you think Orient refinery in Anambra would be so serious, or that Dangote would have taken up such a huge risk of putting up a refinery if not that it's become obvious that fuel subsidy is at the departure lounge in our country? They know that if by any means GEJ returns in 2015, he must fully deregulate the downstream sector of oil before 2019.
Even if a car importer can not open a car manufacturing plant, he can at least go into spare parts manufacturing.

Another gain that this will bring is in the education sector. Industries will begin to sponsor academic researches in schools as is obtainable in other advanced economies of the world.[/quote
.]
Now this guy have said something we all should consider...
You should know that for a country like ours, only drastic measures can bring about meaninful changes...do you think the likes of elizade, coscharis will abandon nig auto market because a ban was placed on import?
.
Do you think forign manufacturers like toyota, honda,mercedes... will abandon the huge pie they rip from nig owing to the ban You should think again.
.
If the president decides to go ahead with this move, he should at least allow the power reform to catch on. No doubt, this police will go down as one of the most criticised. But in the end, we will thank the govt that had the balls to place such ban
.
One more point to consider...if the ban holds, the nigeria rail industry will peak. We will witness a revolution in the rail industry cos that's the only thing that can substain such a big ban....
Could b the policy of the decade.....my opinion

[quote author=1MCN]

Believe me, brother, most of our car importers have enough money to open up at least an assembling plant. Coscharis can in fact open a manufacturing plant. But you what, they wouldn't cos it's easier to buy and sale cars, the risks are far less. But our society suffers. Nigerians like quick-fix too much. Do you think Orient refinery in Anambra would be so serious, or that Dangote would have taken up such a huge risk of putting up a refinery if not that it's become obvious that fuel subsidy is at the departure lounge in our country? They know that if by any means GEJ returns in 2015, he must fully deregulate the downstream sector of oil before 2019.
Even if a car importer can not open a car manufacturing plant, he can at least go into spare parts manufacturing.

Another gain that this will bring is in the education sector. Industries will begin to sponsor academic researches in schools as is obtainable in other advanced economies of the world.[/quote
.]
Now this guy have said something we all should consider...
You should know that for a country like ours, only drastic measures can bring about meaninful changes...do you think the likes of elizade, coscharis will abandon nig auto market because a ban was placed on import?
.
Do you think forign manufacturers like toyota, honda,mercedes... will abandon the huge pie they rip from nig owing to the ban You should think again.
.
If the president decides to go ahead with this move, he should at least allow the power reform to catch on. No doubt, this police will go down as one of the most criticised. But in the end, we will thank the govt that had the balls to place such ban
.
One more point to consider...if the ban holds, the nigeria rail industry will peak. We will witness a revolution in the rail industry cos that's the only thing that can substain such a big ban....
Could b the policy of the decade.....my opinion

[quote author=1MCN]

Believe me, brother, most of our car importers have enough money to open up at least an assembling plant. Coscharis can in fact open a manufacturing plant. But you what, they wouldn't cos it's easier to buy and sale cars, the risks are far less. But our society suffers. Nigerians like quick-fix too much. Do you think Orient refinery in Anambra would be so serious, or that Dangote would have taken up such a huge risk of putting up a refinery if not that it's become obvious that fuel subsidy is at the departure lounge in our country? They know that if by any means GEJ returns in 2015, he must fully deregulate the downstream sector of oil before 2019.
Even if a car importer can not open a car manufacturing plant, he can at least go into spare parts manufacturing.

Another gain that this will bring is in the education sector. Industries will begin to sponsor academic researches in schools as is obtainable in other advanced economies of the world.[/quote
.]
Now this guy have said something we all should consider...
You should know that for a country like ours, only drastic measures can bring about meaninful changes...do you think the likes of elizade, coscharis will abandon nig auto market because a ban was placed on import?
.
Do you think forign manufacturers like toyota, honda,mercedes... will abandon the huge pie they rip from nig owing to the ban You should think again.
.
If the president decides to go ahead with this move, he should at least allow the power reform to catch on. No doubt, this police will go down as one of the most criticised. But in the end, we will thank the govt that had the balls to place such ban
.
One more point to consider...if the ban holds, the nigeria rail industry will peak. We will witness a revolution in the rail industry cos that's the only thing that can substain such a big ban....
Could b the policy of the decade.....my opinion

[quote author=1MCN]

Believe me, brother, most of our car importers have enough money to open up at least an assembling plant. Coscharis can in fact open a manufacturing plant. But you what, they wouldn't cos it's easier to buy and sale cars, the risks are far less. But our society suffers. Nigerians like quick-fix too much. Do you think Orient refinery in Anambra would be so serious, or that Dangote would have taken up such a huge risk of putting up a refinery if not that it's become obvious that fuel subsidy is at the departure lounge in our country? They know that if by any means GEJ returns in 2015, he must fully deregulate the downstream sector of oil before 2019.
Even if a car importer can not open a car manufacturing plant, he can at least go into spare parts manufacturing.

Another gain that this will bring is in the education sector. Industries will begin to sponsor academic researches in schools as is obtainable in other advanced economies of the world.[/quote
.]
Now this guy have said something we all should consider...
You should know that for a country like ours, only drastic measures can bring about meaninful changes...do you think the likes of elizade, coscharis will abandon nig auto market because a ban was placed on import?
.
Do you think forign manufacturers like toyota, honda,mercedes... will abandon the huge pie they rip from nig owing to the ban You should think again.
.
If the president decides to go ahead with this move, he should at least allow the power reform to catch on. No doubt, this police will go down as one of the most criticised. But in the end, we will thank the govt that had the balls to place such ban
.
One more point to consider...if the ban holds, the nigeria rail industry will peak. We will witness a revolution in the rail industry cos that's the only thing that can substain such a big ban....
Could b the policy of the decade.....my opinion

$ugardaddy:
A potential wrong move by GEJ

Oga Jona has always missed the target.., The only thing he knows how to do is to steal people's shoes!

nairaman66:


Oga Jona has always missed the target.., The only thing he knows how to do is to steal people's shoes!

VERY DRY, not funny.

FEDERAL GOVT SHOULD BAN IMPORTATION OF GENERATOR ….WE NEED LIGT DAILY NOT CARBON FUMES THAT DESTROY HUMAN IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Guys read the full story on www.afropals..com

lol

Nigeria is not even 30years away from being able to mass produce cars

this policy is half baked and was simply crafted by people who simply have no clue!

The supplier base is not even there!

Where are your metal stamping companies who make metal panels to build a car body structure?
Where are your toolmakers who build progressive and transfer dies to supply to metal stamping companies?
Where are the Injection moulders for your plastic dash boards? bumpers? side mirror case?
where are your rubber manufacturing companies?
Where are the fastening companies for all your bolts and screws?
where are the glass manufacturers for all the wind shields?

Lets even forget about the supplier base? where is the energy for any kind of manufacturer to succeed? We will not legislate our way to industrialization without getting the fundamentals right!

Yes I do agree that we need to learn from China, a lot of the inner cities of China especially around Shenzhen still look like Nigeria and there is poverty everywhere in China too. And yes the Chinese have come so far by engaging in trade wars and taxing all sorts of imported goods. I am privy to information to the trade war by the Chinese Government on the New Range Rover Evoque and that policy led Jaguar Land Rover (or these days Tata) to form a joint venture with Cherry Automotive and they are as we speak are building the Range Rover Evoque somewhere near Shanghai!

That said this much is fact:

China have electricity and good road networks
China has a manufacturing base and suppliers of allied products and so it makes sense to site a factory in China
China is the factory of the world anyway because cheap labour has meant that manufacturing is very cheap there
China has a population of 1.3billion people. That amounts to about 30% of the world population (You cant ignore them)

BUT NIGERIA IS NOT CHINA, THE WORLD WILL SIMPLY IGNORE US AND OUR PROTECTIONISM. The only sector we can pursue a protectionist policy is the oil sector and for some curious reasons we are not!

Nigeria need to chill assess where we are and plan a way forward. Banning things for the sake of it is not the way to go. Our long Customs import prohibition list has done nothing but expand smuggling, and encourage corruption as our customs officers are just collecting bribes up and down on everything. It has also created an economy in cotonou because a large chunk of containers routed to cotonou are actually destined for Nigeria. This is money going to the Government of Republic of Benin.

Government needs to do more than just ban goods importation. Let us solve our electricity challenge first, let the Commerce and Industry Minister also explore other honest means to encourage small scale manufacturing. When the condition is conducive Manufacturing Firms will spring up. Africa is at the backyard of Europe. If we can offer exactly the same thing China can offer the world, I don't see why for logistic reasons businesses in Europe will not make things in Africa instead of China. But the truth is we are no where near competing yet and have to do more on our infrastructures.

But on a final note. The Merchant and the Manufacturer have every right to co-exist within our economy. Let both sides be governed by cost and forces of demand and supply. Government can encourage local manufacturing by subsidizing local manufacturers to help them compete against imported goods. Banning goods for the sake of it is a very lazy response to the issue! Because Merchants employs labour too in the absence of employment from Manufacturers. Enough of the self defeating policy.

t2luv:

Hamtramck is an Assembly plant. That's all it is. Parts are manufactured at other plants, and then brought to Hamtramck for final assemble to make a car.

GM does not manufacture all of its parts. I do not have to work for GM to know this!

No company can manufacture all the parts required to build a car on their own

The simple reason for this is that the manufacturing processes for the various parts that go in a car are very different

All major car companies just assemble parts made by 1st, 2nd and 3rd tier suppliers!

mikeansy: lol

Nigeria is not even 30years away from being able to mass produce cars

this policy is half baked and was simply crafted by people who simply have no clue!

The supplier base is not even there!

Where are your metal stamping companies who make metal panels to build a car body structure?
Where are your toolmakers who build progressive and transfer dies to supply to metal stamping companies?
Where are the Injection moulders for your plastic dash boards? bumpers? side mirror case?
where are your rubber manufacturing companies?
Where are the fastening companies for all your bolts and screws?
where are the glass manufacturers for all the wind shields?

Lets even forget about the supplier base? where is the energy for any kind of manufacturer to succeed? We will not legislate our way to industrialization without getting the fundamentals right!

Yes I do agree that we need to learn from China, a lot of the inner cities of China especially around Shenzhen still look like Nigeria and there is poverty everywhere in China too. And yes the Chinese have come so far by engaging in trade wars and taxing all sorts of imported goods. I am privy to information to the trade war by the Chinese Government on the New Range Rover Evoque and that policy led Jaguar Land Rover (or these days Tata) to form a joint venture with Cherry Automotive and they are as we speak are building the Range Rover Evoque somewhere near Shanghai!

That said this much is fact:

China have electricity and good road networks
China has a manufacturing base and suppliers of allied products and so it makes sense to site a factory in China
China is the factory of the world anyway because cheap labour has meant that manufacturing is very cheap there
China has a population of 1.3billion people. That amounts to about 30% of the world population (You cant ignore them)

BUT NIGERIA IS NOT CHINA, THE WORLD WILL SIMPLY IGNORE US AND OUR PROTECTIONISM. The only sector we can pursue a protectionist policy is the oil sector and for some curious reasons we are not!

Nigeria need to chill assess where we are and plan a way forward. Banning things for the sake of it is not the way to go. Our long Customs import prohibition list has done nothing but expand smuggling, and encourage corruption as our customs officers are just collecting bribes up and down on everything. It has also created an economy in cotonou because a large chunk of containers routed to cotonou are actually destined for Nigeria. This is money going to the Government of Republic of Benin.

Government needs to do more than just ban goods importation. Let us solve our electricity challenge first, let the Commerce and Industry Minister also explore other honest means to encourage small scale manufacturing. When the condition is conducive Manufacturing Firms will spring up. Africa is at the backyard of Europe. If we can offer exactly the same thing China can offer the world, I don't see why for logistic reasons businesses in Europe will not make things in Africa instead of China. But the truth is we are no where near competing yet and have to do more on our infrastructures.

But on a final note. The Merchant and the Manufacturer have every right to co-exist within our economy. Let both sides be governed by cost and forces of demand and supply. Government can encourage local manufacturing by subsidizing local manufacturers to help them compete against imported goods. Banning goods for the sake of it is a very lazy response to the issue! Because Merchants employs labour too in the absence of employment from Manufacturers. Enough of the self defeating policy.

Thank you for explaining some of the things I have been trying to get across on this thread. Nigeria at present does not have the raw material to manufacture a car. There are so many process, and parts involve in the manufacturing of an automobile. That company in Ogun State is not assemblying any car, that company is just "Pimping" a ride.

t2luv:


Thank you for explaining some of the things I have been trying to get across on this thread. Nigeria at present does not have the raw material to manufacture a car. There are so many process, and parts involve in the manufacturing of an automobile. That company in Ogun State is not assemblying any car, that company is just "Pimping" a ride.

u welcome

Local vehicles manufacturing – INNOSON/FG pact commendable

on October 19, 2013 / in Viewpoint 11:11 am / Comments


IT is an established fact that most industrialised countries like USA, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, France, Russia and China have as their identity the brand of vehicles they manufacture.

For example America is synonymous with Ford, Britain with Rolls Royce, Germany is known with Mercedes, Sweden is Volvo and so on. It is therefore a thing of joy that Nigeria has started to develop a brand as we have in Innoson brand of locally manufactured vehicles. Obviously, this was how other great economies of the world developed.

Before Innoson vehicles were introduced into the Nigeria market, it was unthinkable that such dream will be realised someday in our country. Here was a man who started the importation of motorcycles from China but he soon realised that if he could bring them as completely knocked down parts, he will save some costs and provide jobs for our teeming youths.

He also thought it wise that by bringing the motorcycles to Nigeria as completely knocked down, it will be easier to discover the technological mechanics that enabled the Chinese to succeed.

This idea worked wonders as soon after he started assembling motorcycles locally he led the effort to crash the cost of motorcycles across Nigeria. Before then only two foreign companies dominated the motorcycle market in Nigeria.
There is no doubt that the abrupt drop in prices of motorcycles led to huge employment opportunities for our teeming youths. The simple reason was that it became affordable to the poorest families and they were able to eke out a living from it. Today, Innoson is replicating the same effort in vehicles manufacturing by doing what was previously unthinkable – manufacturing vehicles locally.

It is therefore gratifying that the Federal Government of Nigeria under President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has decided to partner with the company by patronising their products. This is indeed the way to go if Nigeria can make the desired progress in local auto manufacturing.

At a time when the country is facing tremendous

challenges in youth unemployment with its attendant drawbacks, only value-added enterprises like Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing plant can mitigate the effects through the job opportunities they offer our youths. Again this can only be made possible if they have ready markets for their products. It is worthy to note that the benefits inherent in supporting companies like Innoson to succeed are multi-dimensional. First, apart from the thousands of employees earning their livelihood, as well as their dependants, they would acquire necessary skills that can help them to be self-reliant and creative.
As it is well known, ideas drive a nation, and from the abundance of ideas generated from such an environment, the country’s industrial development will get a major boost. There is no doubt that Innoson Vehicles plant emerged at a period in Nigeria’s history when all odds seemed to be skewed against the setting up of such enterprise in the first place.
Talk of power challenges and other drawbacks militating against entrepreneurial endeavours, but notwithstanding, he was able to ride the storm and today Innoson has become a household name in auto manufacturing in Nigeria. The company is indeed a pride to Nigeria and Africa, and there is no doubt that sooner than later they will be the brand face of the African continent like Ford of America and Mercedes of Germany.

To save capital flight and create jobs locally, it is advisable that all states of the federation take a cue from the Federal Government by patronising Innoson vehicles. Already, some West African countries like Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin Republic, Niger, Liberia are ordering Innoson vehicles in huge quantities due to their durability and value added services. Gladly, the Federal Government has set the pace, and it behoves all tiers of government to take advantage of this creativity and promote our indigenous vehicle plants.

Chukwudi Enekwechi, a journalist and public affairs commentator, wrote from Abuja.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/local-vehicles-manufacturing-innosonfg-pact-commendable/#sthash.F9jjE9aU.dpuf