Vice President Business Development · Kia Motors Corporation, Olu Tikolo (left); Founder, On-the-Highway Africa and Project Director, Highway Accident Victims Relief, Julie Chi- Nwaoha; Managing Director, BKG Exhibitions Limited, Ifeanyichukwu Agwu; Director-General, NADDC, Jelani Aliyu and General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communication, Coscharis Group, Babarinde Abiona at the opening of 15th Lagos Motor Fair in Lagos. PHOTO: BENJAMIN ALADE
•Lagos motor fair records low turnout
The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu, has said Nigeria has infrastructure for locally assembled vehicles, but for lack of patronage.
Aliyu, at the opening of 15th Lagos Motor Fair in Lagos, said assembling vehicles locally, especially in Lagos, means a lot for the Nigerian market with regards to value addition.
By Bennett Oghifo
Public attention within the Nigeria’s automotive sector will be shifting to the 15th Lagos Motor Fair inside the Indoor Hall of the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos as some visitors will for the first time catch a glimpse of the OMAA range of medium and high roof passenger buses that is powered by gas.
Expected as a special guest during the 15th Edition of the Lagos Motorfair is Jelani Aliyu, director-general of the National Automotive Design & Development Council (NADDC) who is also championing the narrative of Nigeria’s gradual migration from petrol to gas-powered and electric vehicles as an alternative source of energy to move vehicles.