sonnie10: On the customs website, there is provision for importation of semi Completely Knocked Down (CKD) vehicles. The total duty/levy on semi-CKD is about 20%. I would assume that any smart importer would bring the vehicle in as semi- CKD. All it would take is to employ people who would put the parts together; considering that labor is cheap in Nigeria, this definitely would be more cost effective.

In a layman term, importing semi-CKD means you ship only body, and the mechanical/electrical components are packed and shipped separately.

sonnie10:

In as much as we are all aware that anything goes in Nija, I believe that any thing that is worth doing is worth doing right. You do not have to own a plant as big as Innoson to do this. Any certified auto mechanic, given the right equipment and tools [/b]would be able to mount an engine/ transmission and suspension. Same goes for the electrical aspect. What else is a car made up of? This is not the job for engineers.

sonnie10:

In as much as we are all aware that anything goes in Nija, I believe that any thing that is worth doing is worth doing right. You do not have to own a plant as big as Innoson to do this. Any certified auto mechanic, given the right equipment and tools would be able to mount an engine/ transmission and suspension. Same goes for the electrical aspect. What else is a car made up of? This is not the job for engineers.

CityNG: I think some of those accursed Nissan Micra are imported with their roofs cut off to bypass some custom regulations.

They then weld the roofs back on.

femmy2010:

That is why they are only used as Taxis in Ibadan,Ede,Oshogbo etc.

t2luv1:

With all the electronics in some of these cars God forbid your local repair man accidentally plug in the wrong harness wire and your check engine light comes on, but the repair man assure you all is well with the car. You have an accident and the air bag module fail to deploy hope you remember how it all started with someone just trying to pay 20% duty on "Semi-CKD". God help us in that country. Like I always say we Nigerians deserve the government we have. FYI In US when a car comes into the country the destination charge is $495 that is it. You can check by looking at car Manufactured Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). The same car after having been used for 6 yrs in US now arrive in Nigeria, and the clearing cost is close to $4000.00.

zicoraads: Pity yourself, not Nigerians. Some of you have lost all sanity in the process of criticism, not minding how dumb you sometimes sound when trying too hard to be of relevance.

Do you even have any idea how many jobs this will create? Do you? Just check how many jobs the auto industry in South Africa creates. Car manufacturing plants, asSembly plants, spare parts and so on.

It is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubtsm

priscaoge:
Think about the Transformation,job opportunities and employment! It's not always wise to criticise good things even when d truth is glaring. It's a very wise decision to take which will help to curb unemployment in the country. And about d Duration of d cars,my dear its certain! Cars will be cheap that even d poor can afford it,Nigeria will export cars to other countries n it will help to build our Economy! Let's always be positive,Nigeria is our country,let's make it a better place.

keyman0007:

Please spare us the lies, what stupid job, the truth is this policy will hit the middle class earners hard, the implication is prices of both brand new cars and tokunbo cars increase drastically. now buying a new corolla which was 3.5m some 3 yrs back is now 6m, all cos of this stupid tax. Even the government (ministers, senator and executives)introducing the policy i dont see them driving the so called made in Naija car.
We have policy implementors who dont think always assuming, they undermine certain factors assuming all Nigerians can cope with the drags. The cost of producing anything in the country is high, due to the absence of the required amenties like power, materials used for production. compared to the countries where these car are being made. Also country stability also very cruticial in attracting investors especially when it comes to investing (sighting manufacturing plant), with all these recent happenenings like bokoharmA, kidnapping , bomb explosions here and there, political instability, ebola etc. no sane foreign business man or company will be willing to risk investing alot in such a nation. Findout if you have friends that work for mulitnational, they will tell u Nigeria is a high risk zone. Travleling into naiaja requires some form clearance. dont get me worng they have asset here but on a small scale. Even the so called telecoms sector are nw outsourcing most of their staff and services. Am certain 99 percent of all the parts used a manufacture the so called made in Naija cars, will be brought from oversees. what will be done here will be assembling. they may employ some few labourers and engineers (at best 3000) nation wide. Compare that to about 30 million nigerians who will be impacted.

I feel the approach is very wrong, people shd analyze policies properly before blindly supporting them. What FGN cld have done is to give the so call naija company(local vehicle manufacturers) some form of waivers and duty free importation or a reduced company income tax. Let them come in, produce cars and employ. Then the government can gradually begin to ease of importation, introduce tax for imported cars. the policy is another means of generating revenue for the Government which to me is unfair on the average working class. why must the citizens always bear the burden, cant they think?

I have nt gainned any signifcant benefit from the privitisation of nepa, or partial removal of subsidy although i knw it remove alot of burden from the Government.
I Personally i see it as a wrong move at the wrong time. but that just me. I know i sound negative but I only speak from experience and the many failed policies