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Innoson Auto Factory Pride Of The Nation -Chukwuma


Innoson Auto Factory Pride Of The Nation – Chukwuma


These factories that will support you, what will they produce for your factory?
Let me give you an example. Most of the battery components our vehicles will use will be produced by Ibeto factory. So, Ibeto factory has built the mold with which our batteries are made. My brake disc and brake pads will be produced locally by many factories. For example, Chrisomek industry will construct the seats, and the various parts will be made by different industries.


At what price do we get your vehicles; or put another way, how affordable will your vehicles be?
My brand of vehicles will be 30 per cent cheaper than imported ones.


What is the trade name of the vehicles, and what brand of vehicles would there be?
Innoson. All the brands of vehicles will be Innoson.
The first brand being produced is the buses; a 42-passenger and 26-passenger, 18-passenger as well as 14-passenger buses.


Have you received any assistance from either the state or Federal Government?
Well, what I want to do is to produce the vehicles for all of them to see. Then they can decide what area to support. But I believe they will support me because that factory is the pride of the nation.


What brands do you have in mind of producing?
Brands and models are not important. As we go on any brand or model we feel that has high demand in the market will be produced. For now producing the platform is what is important. You can then produce what you want.


How much will everything cost you, building the factory and rolling out the first vehicle?
Well, the thing with factory is that as you build, you put in more money and so it develops. It depends on what you want to build and what you need for that section. You never really finish building a motor. The more you invest, the more it develops because you produce new models. There are models that when you want to produce, you replace the mould in the particular section of the factory. You plough money continuously. So, it runs into billions of naira.


What is the strength of your work force in the factory?
The work force is 3,000.


Since you began building the factory, what are the major constraints encountered that reflect the problem of industrialisation in Nigeria?
There is no reason industries should not grow in Nigeria. It takes a gradual process. The cost of production is high but there is a glimpse of a bright future - there is a strong promise of improved power supply for instance, which is part of Vision 20-20. Nevertheless, we need a lot of concession to position our industry. We will go out and compete in African market which is our major market. I target African market and when you go out there, you compete with other countries. So, I am hopeful that Nigeria will give us a strong backing so that we will be able to compete.


What is the capacity of the factory; that is, how many vehicles can it produce?
We will produce 100 vehicles in a month.


Do you entertain fears of competition?
I don’t have any fear. I believe firmly that just as the price of motorcycles came down when I introduced CKD importation, my motor factory will also push down prices of motor vehicles in the country. I am sure that having taken this step, other manufactures and investors will follow suit.

this odili news is the crapest newspaper ever!!!

see the way they want to see panic among people

rubbish report

who are the boko harams

please i have live in borno for some yrs and i have not heard or seen any boko not to talk of haram

Dede1:
Another Norris expedition on the Niger. He took two missionary linguists from the staff of the CMS (Church Missionary Society) in Freetown, J. F. Schon and Samuel Ajayi Crowther (the latter a Yoruba-born ex-slave and teacher), along with twelve interpreters, including Igbo who came from emancipated slave families settled in Freetown. John Christopher Taylor and Simon Jonas were among these. No permanent mission was founded. Schon was interested in Igbo and Hausa. At a stopover in Aboh, he tried to communicate in Igbo but was disappointed that people did not understand him. He then abandoned Igbo study for some twenty years
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/igbo/igbohistory.html

I should not given them credit in the same manner many people such as you failed to give them credit because they were of Igbo ancestral parentage.

credit is sure given to them but they can not take as much credit as ajayi because they gave up while ajayi contiuned

i am sure u understand that

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=690667.msg8526210#msg8526210 date=1308169774]^-- It looks like they try to make the plastics inside the car locally. But core pieces like engines? I doubt that is possible in Nigeria at this point, without a viable steel industry and no electricity.

They are to be commended though. Even if only 10% of the car is produced from local materials, this is better than nothing.[/quote]i agree with the point, they can always buy the plastic from eleganza

the fg should give gambari family or the son of  shehu or even dangote the ajokuta steel from them to manufacture 9of course with the aid of the government) once that is done, innoson should buy from this companies and start maunfacuting the best they can produce, this will burst the ecomony and emplyment to centrury highest

of course electricity has to be address before all this can be done.

nigeria has so much potential, jona please use ur head and pray to God to help u. nigeria can be great

Tinyemeka:
I almost lost my temper when I read ekt-bear confidently saying that IVM only assembles CKD parts of BUSES FROM CHINA. Pally pls get your facts straight before posting them on a public forum. The buses plus other vehicles are all manufactured at Nnewi and the President as represented by Nemadi Sambo commissioned the opening of that plant. A delegation from the Nig Society of Engineers have also visited the plant and were impressed with the fact that the vehicles were actually manufactured there.

Most of the Enugu BRT buses which used to be ANAMCO-made are now IVM-made. I noticed the change about two months ago. So some Innoson buses are already plying the Enugu Intra-city routes. They even have a sleeker and modern look (larger windows like GreyHound buses) than previous car makes. I've even noticed some IVM buses in the transporter, Autostar Express fleet. NLders resident in Abj or Lag could also lookout for the buses to verify this.

It's a really bold step; what the Innoson founder intends to achieve and it is really a thing of pride to have an indigenous car manufacturing company right here in Nigeria. I'm patiently waiting for the day they'll take on other challenging jobs of designing and manufacturing non-commuter vehicles (sedans, SUVs, etc). Then we can appraise them fully to confirm that they've actually arrived.

P.S. The Innoson car brand is identified by their IVM (Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing) logo. Just in case you get to see any of their vehicles.

P.P.S: I'm neither an indigene of Enugu nor Anambra O. Or even an Innoson affiliate. Its just that when I see a thing of pride truly being achieved, I can make all the noise possible about it. Ikiri should have replicated Sullivan's performances in Imo state. Let's hope for the best sha.

innoson motors do not maunfacture parts locallly, they are imported from china which i find very sad

but with nigerians trying to buy there product now, we hope they find the capital to start making it on there own.

Dede1:
Nnaa, you are real Efulefu of dirt level. Do you read what you post? I guess in the previous post you deliberately omitted “G. C. A. Oldendorp, a German missionary,” to suit your skewed ways.

bros this man wrote in some igbo words

G. C. A. Oldendorp, a German missionary, was the first person to produce a book containing material written in Igbo, [b]which consisted of a few words and phrases. His book, Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Bruder auf den Carabischen (History of the Evangelistic Mission of the Brothers in the Caribbean), was published in 1777.
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he wrote small phrases and words which i bet even his does not understand

but yet u rather give him the credit than ajayi, anit u funny


John Christopher Taylor and Simon Jonas were among these. No permanent mission was founded. Schon was interested in Igbo and Hausa. At a stopover in Aboh, he tried to communicate in Igbo but was disappointed that people did not understand him. He then abandoned Igbo study for some twenty years


what about this 2, why anit u giving them credit for following ajayi and later decided to leave him half way

Dede1:
You are compound fool. No wonder you are a celebrated jackass.

Please Olodo read:

G. C. A. Oldendorp, a German missionary, was the first person to produce a book containing material written in Igbo, which consisted of a few words and phrases. His book, Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Bruder auf den Carabischen (History of the Evangelistic Mission of the Brothers in the Caribbean), was published in 1777. The first book in Igbo, Isoama-Ibo a primer, was produced in 1857 by Samuel Ajayi Crowther, an ex-slave and teacher who was also an outstanding African linguist, leader, and Africa's first Anglican bishop.

ewu, the thread states the first nigerian not first german

amu onya ara

Dede1:
Probably, you did not notice that first poster realized that Christopher Alexander Williams-Sapara had law firm in Lagos even before FRA Williams was born yet the poster, who I guessed is Yoruba, stated that the “First indigenous Nigerian Law Firm - Thomas, Williams and Kayode”. Does it mean that law firms established by Sapara, Moore and the father of FRA Williams who was returnee were not indigenous Nigerian Law Firms?

quit hating

envy and hate will not take u anywhere bros grammar

Dede1:
I suggest you shut up punk. Samuel Crowther did not speak a word of Igbo language. Please do some exploratory research and stop being fooled by the junk you scoop from Internet.

There was, however, the honest acceptance that the Igbo language is a dying language. Yes, since Bishop Ajayi Crowther wrote the first Igbo language primer in 1857 no significant effort had been made to preserve the language.

Many non Igbo writers like me who had in the past attempted to comment on Ndigbo only caressed the heart of the matter and ran away for the fear of being accused of exalting our tribe over the Igbo tribe. Two writers from the Igbo stock, Messrs Pini Jason and Joe Igbokwe who were bold to tell Ndigbo self evident truth, have received snide remarks bordering on lack of patriotism and betrayal.

http://www.focusnigeria.com/ndigbo.htm

Dede1:
Although credit should be given to Samuel Ajayi Crowther  for his help in producing the book, Isoama-Ibo Primer. However, it must be known that he did not write the book. T[b]he book was written by two Igbo freed slaves who resided in Freetown, Sierra Leoan-John Christopher Taylor and Simon Jonas.
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this people did not understand igbo, haba

they did not know igbo and yet u ague




Another Norris expedition on the Niger. He took two missionary linguists from the staff of the CMS (Church Missionary Society) in Freetown, J. F. Schon and Samuel Ajayi Crowther (the latter a Yoruba-born ex-slave and teacher), along with twelve interpreters, including Igbo who came from emancipated slave families settled in Freetown. John Christopher Taylor and Simon Jonas were among these. No permanent mission was founded. Schon was interested in Igbo and Hausa. At a stopover in Aboh, he tried to communicate in Igbo but was disappointed that people did not understand him. He then abandoned Igbo study for some twenty years
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/igbo/igbohistory.html

Dede1:
I suggest you shut up punk. Samuel Crowther did not speak a word of Igbo language. Please do some exploratory research and stop being fooled by the junk you scoop from Internet.

ewu read

was the first person to produce a book containing material written in Igbo, which consisted of a few words and phrases. His book, Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Bruder auf den Carabischen (History of the Evangelistic Mission of the Brothers in the Caribbean), was published in 1777. The first book in Igbo, Isoama-Ibo a primer, was produced in 1857 by Samuel Ajayi Crowther, an ex-slave and teacher who was also an outstanding African linguist, leader, and Africa's first Anglican bishop.

There are numerous Igbo dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. The standard written form of Igbo is based on the Owerri and Umuahia dialects and has been in use since 1962.

https://www.omniglot.com/images/writing/igbo.gif

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/igbo.htm

ak47mann:
my friend drive an SUV his done 20 000 miles already the A/C in that SUV is like freezer but full of performance

are u advertising for innoson motors

proper igbo man

Dede1:
Actually, Okalla was the first African Footballer of the Year. The African Sports Journalists Union, ASJU was the true representatives of CAF since it acted on the behalf of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa and was setup by the Organization of African Unity. ASJU was vexed because the France Football Awarder continued to honor majority of players from the Francophone countries.


Although credit should be given to Samuel Ajayi Crowther  for his help in producing  book, Isoama-Ibo Primer. However, it must known that he did not write book. The book was written by two Igbo freed slaves-Johna Christopher Taylor and Simon Jonas.

keep deceiving yourself, the person that wrote spoken igbo to word is samuel crowther and it is not history all over the world

so stop changing history to fit ur low self esteem, ok

sadiq88:
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/june/15/national-15-06-2011-003.html

APGA is like our religion – Okorocha
From ROSE EJEMBI, Makurdi
Wednesday, June 15, 2011


Okorocha
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as a distinct political party that the Igbo passionately believe in and follow like a religion. He said this while playing host to a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former minister of Foriegn Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe, at the Government House, Owerri.

“I urge all to support APGA. All Igbos should join APGA for us to be identified, it is our culture. Every Igbo man is APGA before any other party,” he said.
The governor promised that APGA would continue to support President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in his administration, recalling that the party ensured victory for the president in the last election.

He further remarked that the emergence of President Jonathan had relieved Nigerians from the bondage of zoning for an era of freewill, where the electorate would cast their votes on the basis of past antecedents and abilities and not on party affiliation, ethnicity or religion.

Governor Okorocha, however, assured his visitor that his emergence as APGA governor would not affect his relationship with his PDP brothers.
Earlier, Chief Maduekwe said he came to Imo to congratulate his friend who emerged as governor and pledged the support of his party PDP to his administration.

He said he was in the state on behalf of the President, Jonathan, adding that Governor Okorocha was always welcomed to the presidency, since, according to Maduekwe, “Rochas belongs to everyone of us.”
“PDP will be with him and support him. PDP is interested in good governance. He’s shown capacity for reconciliation and unification,” he concluded.

is this not tribalism being played here

but still the accuse others of the same

smh, let 2015 come

Rossikk:
dem people said

Oh shut your trap. If you think the design is ''rubbish'', don't use the airport. Go by road. Miserable cow. Maybe your father was there when corruption prevented them from building JFK airport for you in Asaba. Ewu.

why

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=690667.msg8525014#msg8525014 date=1308156402]@alj harem, I didn't bother responding to that post because for one, at least a few of the points raised are not really important.

Anyway, this stuff is complicated. We can agree to disagree.[/quote]

homerac7:
Along with d points u raised is also d benefits of tax and other charges. If I ( state govt) pay extra #1m for a locally made bus, and at end of day, I know dt I will make over same amount from d mushroom businesses dt will spring around d company in tax, I will happily pay.

thank you

up fashola

nope, osun state will still remain the same

onitsha use to be a clean place before the massive immigration started

back in 70's onitsha was very beautiful but now its gone to the dogs

OgidiBoy:
All these ppl that keep getting all worked up over Ileke- Idi's posts,don't you'll know by now that she is only trying to ruffle you're feathers come on

folks. Don't feed the troll and it will starve to death.

For a city so overly populated like Onitsha with no waste management program, problems like these is very common. Igbos are naturally clean ppl,

problem with Onitsha is there is just no where to dump all the trash that is generated.

are they mami water

silly comment indeed

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=690667.msg8524008#msg8524008 date=1308148656]If it turns out that:
A) it cheaper to assemble Chinese buses (IVM) rather than import them directly
B) the state governments were interested in sourcing Chinese buses

Then definitely. But I'm not sure that (A) and (B) are true in all cases.[/quote]ekt bear read this

adejoro75:
Lets assume the buses are more expensive than if imported from China. I believe that is the only place you can get cheaper buses than the Nigerian one (do not even tell me about US or Euro made buses).

Now, how about using several stones to kill one bird:

Buy the expensive buses (if indeed they are more expensive) from a Nigerian manufacturer (as long as value for money is guaranteed), thereby:
1. Increasing local content - (a) jobs, and (b) investment in Nigeria -incentive for citizens
2. Save money that will be spent at the wharf clearing the vehicles and in transporting them from the port to Enugu
3. Save time that will be spent waiting for the shipment to arrive and be cleared (our custom service is not the most efficient in the world)
4. Recover your cost, as expected, from the commuters over time and everybody is happy
5. Reduce the temptation to collude with the foreign company to inflate prices and defraud the state in the process. It is easier to detect fraud in the purchasing process if done right at home under the governor's nose.
6. [size=13pt]Easier to get after sale services right there in Enugu than looking for spare parts back in China[/size].

That way, money that otherwise will go to service Chinese (or whatever other country you import from) industrial development and those that will go to the feds from port services, will circulate at home in Enugu state.

just as i have put it

there is nothing complex in this, it is always wise to invest in your country than another country most especially if ur country already has a company that produce such product

Lol

by april there would be improved electricity

but we dey june now nothing,

beaf as gone to asorock to enjoy with Mr jona

while deceiving the mass, he left them to keep suffering

i dey laff ohhh

Good move, i do not see why lagos and other states would prefer to import buses when innoson is there, really

we should encourage this company and not discourage them

moreover come to think of it, the over all cost of the buses brought in nigeria would be alot cheaper than imported one

cost of shipment

exchange rate

cost of spare parts since innoson is in nigeria and not abroad

cost of repair

etc

wesley80:
What could be foolish in keeping forex and jobs within your shores? Even if these buses are half the quality of imported ones and cost twice as much, they are still a good buy. People want decent means of transportation and are not necessarily seeking to shuttle in first grade Marcopolo buses, if shuttling decently and safely translates to saving your country's forex and keeping jobs within your shores, how does that equate foolishness?

supported +10

rubbish

[quote author=X-factoria link=topic=689745.msg8522334#msg8522334 date=1308132542]Good points but the conveyer - Sam Omatseye and his paymaster - Tinubu are hypocritical. They just won't impress me!

Let ACN's ____oh sorry, the Nation's Omatseye write Hon. Abike Dabiri, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Senator Mamora et al to return the excess over the RMAFC approved emoluments paid to them to the cofers of the National Assembly first. Then I will start recognizing his genuineness when he writes about National ills.

In the wake of the Sanusi Lamido versus the National Assembly tussle, I rcall the righteous Mamora asking "How did our salaries even become public knowledge?". I can't recall any ACN member in the last National Assembly protesting the obnoxious salaries.[/quote]gbammmm +1000

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MFfhz2NvQg

least i forget, anioma people are not igbo

http://www.ibusa.net/mysite/anioma.htm

the olukumis and ijaw lingage people will decisde and as you can see phipl emeaguali has comframed to be yoruba anioma

oga masiwa, u must besick to think pleateau, adamawa, nassrawa,abuja would be middle belt, this a core northern states

also to parts of adamawa and pleaeu kanuri are there

rivers states is not any biafra ok, get that into ur thick skull

rivers states has northerner, ijaws, ogoni etc and are not biafrans

kogi states is not a yoruba state, igala are their as well

niger state would deside,