redcliff:


You have a poor mans mentality..did you consider quality/brand? E.g you cant compare a tecno to an iphone!

Collynzo22:
Innoson and other made in Nigeria cars are already taking over.
More jobs will be created.

Collynzo22:

If you like a Lexus suv so much you should be able to buy it at whatever price you find it.
Nigerian economy is more important than your individual taste.
How many countries allow second hand cars pass through their borders?

treasuress:
smh people like him wont feel it cos dey have the money to buyany car they want, he is just trying to put more money in the hands ofthe rich , wanting us to buy assembled nigerian cars, smh

oliverjiad:
is it with youth with school certificate abi youth wey no fit afford to go school,bros there are many industry to work on not to set eye on a particular industry

amaechionuh:

High level of illiteracy in display here. Please find your way to any almajiri school closer to you and enroll yourself, thank GEJ later.

mcgboye:

http://www.punchng.com/news/tokunbo-cars-to-cost-more-from-january-1/

http://nairametrics.com/new-year-gift-from-this-govt-import-duty-on-tokunbo-cars-to-increase-by-70-jan-1st/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Basically, import duty on tokunbo cars will double. The direct result is a significant increase in the prices of cars. I hope the gov't doesn't go ahead with this new duty regime.

keyman0007:



HW does it get beta?

It is we the citizen that suffer the effect, why cant the government give the companies manufacturing inside some wavier to make their cars cheaper, rather they want to make more money. Also 70 percent is outrageous. hw much does the government knw dey sell new car? you cant get a new car less than 2.5m. how many people can afford 2.5m for a car when a gud tokunbo can go as low as 1m

Even okonjo, aganga and GEJ do not use these so called locally manufactured cars.

All these people bringing all these harsh polices dey didn't witness during their time, it God dat will judge them.

bushdoc9919:


If we want to make cheap cars locally.....Ajaokuta must be revived. No buts.

redcliff:


If i dont like hyundai products, would you force it down my throat? What if i like a lexus suv and they dont have an assembly plant here and i cant afford a new one?

amaechionuh:

Even if its assembled NIGERIA CARS and so what? Thank God you called it NIGERIA CAR, that alone I am very proud of because during your Buhari era there was no Nigerian car.

redcliff:


We have not gotten to that point. Infact in adv economies, it would be extremely foolish (not like it cant be done) to buy a tokunbo vehicle from other countries because they manufacture these things there, you have the opportunity of enjoying a fantastic credit facility once you have a verifiable means of id from that country and there are high quality used cars you can purchase at a fantastic price that is below the cost price of a new one...tell me, which does nigeria have?

redcliff:


We have not gotten to that point. Infact in adv economies, it would be extremely foolish (not like it cant be done) to buy a tokunbo vehicle from other countries because they manufacture these things there, you have the opportunity of enjoying a fantastic credit facility once you have a verifiable means of id from that country and there are high quality used cars you can purchase at a fantastic price that is below the cost price of a new one...tell me, which does nigeria have?

kennaustine:
^^^ Whats really wrong with y'all APC propagandist? The increase in tariffs for imported automobile is to encourage local automobile manufacturers. Common SS2 Economics student will tell you that one way of encouraging local production is increasing import tariffs. That's called Import Substitution Strategy. Aren't you ashamed that Nigeria has become a dumping ground for every kind of crap produced in other climes? We have Innoson, PAN, ANNAMCO, VON, Nissan and other automobile manufacturers in Nigeria and we know that government is trying to revitalize them so as to boosts our economy. Yet you criticize this one very good move government makes to see to its realization. Many of these imported cars have been used for above five years and then they're moved to Nigeria for dumping, after which when you buy, you'll use for no more than three years and the money u would have spent on repairs and maintenance may have exceeded the original cost. Some brand new Innoson cars go for 1.5m and they're trying to beat it down to 1m. So which is better ; buying a brand new car for 1.5m and enjoying it for 3 to 4 years without excessive repair cost or buying a tokie car for 800thousand and spending over 500thousand on repairs in 3 years. A relation of mine has spent about 300th on repairs on a tokie car he bought for about 800th and the car IS STILL HAVING ISSUES. Wont it have been better to just buy a brand new made-in-Nigeria car and save yourself some unecessary stress. Why are we so used to cheap craps and worthless articles? Is that what APC wants for us? SMH. Which way Nigeria? #SeeBeyondPropaganda

Collynzo22:

Who says it is only graduates that can work in the industry.
Even in the oil industry, you will find people who did not even finish secondary school working there in various capacities and earning their living.
The automobile industry will creat jobs for all.

GEJman:


just look at how you have downgraded yourself? instead of you to pray to God to answer your prayer so u can buy new car other than Tokunbo. Tokunbo is a curse....buy new car

IyfeNamikaze:


any body that condemn this move must be and illiterate , an overgrown foolish idiot and an enemy to the country who doesn't want to see the country grow. whoever that can't purchase a car of 1.5m should better go and buy keke or better still buy a bicycle.

Omotolu:
...I ride new truck for your info...

Montaque:
we have an option,no matter how poor,but we have an option. That options are all the assembly plants and the ones that will start coming in after the implementation of this auto policy. We have endured for too long,only enriching others at our expense.
Let's not stifle the new auto plants that are proudly Nigerian.

oliverjiad:
Ohk but increasing the duty will help solve the situation,dont u no many house today is in bad situation bcus of this increment of thing,bros make I tell u even if FG or GEJ want the made in nigeria cars sold and used our road that's not the way to go about it,if I may ask how much is vehicle

redcliff:


Im in support of the policy but its too heavy.. it should slip in gradually! 70 percent is crazy!

bushdoc9919:


Automotive policy is not going to work....not with power at 5000MW (South Africa does 40000,South Korea 100000mw),not with Ajaokuta still a rusting hulk, and not without massive investment in technical education (your man GEJ should have removed the fuel subsidy and invested some of the money in technical schools....instead he builds more universities to produce more first class clerks for the govt office...and add more financial liabilities for the future).

redcliff:


Im in support of the policy but its too heavy.. it should slip in gradually! 70 percent is crazy!

Collynzo22:

Believe me, it is the best way to go about it.
The idea is to make those Tokubo vehicles to be unattractive to Nigerians because of their cost, people will patronize made in Nigeria cars more, with time and more competition the cost of brand new Nigerian made cars will fall, cheaper second hand Nigerian made cars will also be available as the first set of buyers begin to sell their own to get newer ones.
The brand new vehicles can be bought for about 3 million naira, many tokubo vehicles are as expensive as that.

Collynzo22:

Things do not just happen like that, you make them to happen. I don't think there was ever a time when those countries were importing 2nd hand cars from abroad while potential manufactures at home were suffering.
We have just taken a step to correct that. By the time we start maufacturing fully, used ones will also be cheaper because we won't have to import them but they will be Nigerian made used cars.

IyfeNamikaze:


he wanted to remove fuel subsidy and You guys ( the short sighted uninformed ones ) occupied the streets of Lagos to protest against progress.

datbay:
And you think this govt is up to the task....what has he done with the removed subsidy in the last 3years?