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  • FRSC, NADDC chiefs, others for auto awards

    Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshall Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Nigerian National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) Director General Jelani Aliyu and other top officials in the automotive industry will on December 13 storm Eko Hotels in Victoria Island, Lagos for this year’s Nigerian Auto Journalists Association Awards (NAJA).

    The event yearly rewards excellence in the industry.

    Oyeyemi and Aliyu are expected to deliver keynote addresses.

    Chairman Organising Committee Moses Ebosele said the event will also provide avenue for critical stakeholders in the sector to rub minds on the way forward.

    While Oyeyemi is expected to provide background information and statistics on the activities of the FRSC in maintaining sanity on the roads, Aliyu as head of government agency saddle with the responsibility of supervising the auto industry, will be giving insights on the Nigeria automobile industry.

    “The NAJA Awards over the years has been recognised as the authentic bastion when it comes to recognising the best players in the automotive industry. This year’s edition will not be less as our professionals are already compiling votes in all categories of the awards,” he said.

    The Auto Awards is the local version of the traditional global automotive industry awards conducted by motoring journalists in different countries and regional markets of the world to recognise the achievements of industry operators in different categories and across segments and vehicle categories.

    Car-of-The-Year (COTY), which is the high points of the event, is a very competitive segment designed to honour outstanding automobile model of the year under review.

    Other categories of awards are Luxury Car of the Year, Heavy Duty Truck of The Year, Auto Plant of the Year, CEO Of The Year, Auto Personality Of The Year and CSR Company Of The Year, Pick-up of the Year, Showroom of the Year and many others.

  • NADDC to hold automotive design contest

    The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), is planning to hold a nationwide Automotive Design Competition to engage and promote the talents of the youths.

    Its Director-General, Jelani Aliyu said the competition is to conceptualise highly advanced, innovative and cost-effective market driven concepts that would be produced in the country.

    NADDC, he said, will support the development of winning concepts and integrate local content, feeding directly into the Nigerian automotive ecosystem, especially our proposed Automotive Industrial Clusters for Nnewi, Kaduna and Oshogbo.

    According to him, automotive design goes beyond beautiful shapes, it is about the strategic conceptualisation and development of applicable transportation solutions that will enable survival and economic growth.

    Already, a Local Organising Committee has been inaugurated to chart the pathway towards this proposed competition.

  • NADDC chief Jelani Aliyu resumes duty

    The newly appointed Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Jelani Aliyu, has assumed duties at the NADDC’s headquarters in Gudu District, Abuja.

    In his maiden speech,, Aliyu said he was committed to adding significant value to the automotive sector by engaging stakeholders, both in the public and private sectors. He said: “My objective is to create a win-win for all the progressive companies involved and for the Nigerian people. The importance of the automotive sector in any nation, whether developed or developing, cannot be underestimated, as it is both the direct provider of the logistics of life and the enabler of exponential multiplier effects.

    “These are critical and very exciting times for Nigeria and we have two options as a nation: we either choose to maintain the mundane status quo, inch along and be left behind as every other country speeds by taking millions around the world out of poverty, or we can decide to strategise and boldly reach for the stars.

    “The country is, indeed, now very fortunate to have leadership that is seriously committed to universal progress across the nation. A leadership committed to diversification away from oil, into industry and agriculture. And so, at NADDC, this is an opportunity that we must seize to energise the automotive sector and make Nigeria not just another manufacturer of automobiles, but an advanced hub of automotive innovation that will set forth the future of Africa’s transportation solutions.

  • NADDC chief Jelani Aliyu resumes duty

    The newly appointed Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Jelani Aliyu, has assumed duties at the NADDC’s headquarters in Gudu District, Abuja.

    In his maiden speech,, Aliyu said he was committed to adding significant value to the automotive sector by engaging stakeholders, both in the public and private sectors. He said: “My objective is to create a win-win for all the progressive companies involved and for the Nigerian people. The importance of the automotive sector in any nation, whether developed or developing, cannot be underestimated, as it is both the direct provider of the logistics of life and the enabler of exponential multiplier effects.

    “These are critical and very exciting times for Nigeria and we have two options as a nation: we either choose to maintain the mundane status quo, inch along and be left behind as every other country speeds by taking millions around the world out of poverty, or we can decide to strategise and boldly reach for the stars.

    “The country is, indeed, now very fortunate to have leadership that is seriously committed to universal progress across the nation. A leadership committed to diversification away from oil, into industry and agriculture. And so, at NADDC, this is an opportunity that we must seize to energise the automotive sector and make Nigeria not just another manufacturer of automobiles, but an advanced hub of automotive innovation that will set forth the future of Africa’s transportation solutions.

     

     

    “We shall empower our talented youths with the necessary professional training in contemporary automotive design and development, leveraging the most sophisticated technology, so they will innovate, design and develop automotive and transportation solutions that are in tune with our culture, climate, geography and economic structure.

    “Our manufacturing stakeholders must be encouraged and supported to leverage advanced technology in providing the most applicable, safest, most durable and cost-effective vehicles. Nigeria must not be defined by its challenges, they are not who we are, we are bigger than them. We must be defined by our dreams and aspirations; we must be defined by what we can achieve. We must be defined by a better tomorrow, nothing is impossible, there are no impossibilities, there is only a better Nigeria to build.”

     

  • NADDC chief Jelani Aliyu resumes

    The newly appointed Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Jelani Aliyu, has assumed duties at the NADDC’s headquarters in Gudu District, Abuja.

    In his maiden speech,, Aliyu said he was committed to adding significant value to the automotive sector by engaging stakeholders, both in the public and private sectors. He said: “My objective is to create a win-win for all the progressive companies involved and for the Nigerian people. The importance of the automotive sector in any nation, whether developed or developing, cannot be underestimated, as it is both the direct provider of the logistics of life and the enabler of exponential multiplier effects.

    “These are critical and very exciting times for Nigeria and we have two options as a nation: we either choose to maintain the mundane status quo, inch along and be left behind as every other country speeds by taking millions around the world out of poverty, or we can decide to strategise and boldly reach Afor the stars.

    “The country is, indeed, now very fortunate to have leadership that is seriously committed to universal progress across the nation. A leadership committed to diversification away from oil, into industry and agriculture. And so, at NADDC, this is an opportunity that we must seize to energise the automotive sector and make Nigeria not just another manufacturer of automobiles, but an advanced hub of automotive innovation that will set forth the future of Africa’s transportation solutions.

    “We shall empower our talented youths with the necessary professional training in contemporary automotive design and development, leveraging the most sophisticated technology, so they will innovate, design and develop automotive and transportation solutions that are in tune with our culture, climate, geography and economic structure.

    “Our manufacturing stakeholders must be encouraged and supported to leverage advanced technology in providing the most applicable, safest, most durable and cost-effective vehicles. Nigeria must not be defined by its challenges, they are not who we are, we are bigger than them. We must be defined by our dreams and aspirations; we must be defined by what we can achieve. We must be defined by a better tomorrow, nothing is impossible, there are no impossibilities, there is only a better Nigeria to build.”

  • NADDC affirms govt support for auto policy

    NADDC affirms govt support for auto policy

    The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has dismissed insinuations that the Federal Government may have jettisoned the National Automotive Policy owing to the situation of the economy.
    Its Director General Aminu Jalal, who refuted the allegation as baseless and unsubstantiated, said the government has already resolved to substantiate the policy initiative as part of her efforts to empower the automotive industry as viable alternative to oil.
    Jalal spoke in Lagos at the Manufacturing and Equipment Expo.
    He said: “It is already assured the new government will continue with the policy, and the response so far has exceeded our expectations. Our emphasis as it is, has shifted to the development of automotive component.”
    According to him, five South African companies have indicated interest in establishing component manufacturing plants in the country just as some Chinese investors have similarly indicated interest in exploring opportunities in the auto industry.
    Jalal said no fewer than 14 assembly plants have since 2014 begun operations, assembling new products including cars and SUVs like Nissan, IVM, Peugeot, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Volkswagen, Ford, Changan and GAC.
    Whilst in the bus and truck category, Hyundai, Ashok-Leyland, MAN, Anammco, Leyland-Busan, IVM, FAW, Sino, Shacman, Aston, Foton, Forland and Isuzu are among notable brands currently being produced at various facilities in Nigeria. This is in addition to Proforce armoured vehicles wielding installed capacity for over 300, 000 units annually, he affirmed.
    Jalal said these plants, in 2015, contributed 75,000 units of vehicles including concessionary imports representing 75 per cent of estimated 100,000 new vehicles that made it into the market during the period under review.
    Also adding that the industry is long-term in nature and requires policy continuity and constituency, the NADDC helmsman said Nigeria is on track to becoming a vehicle manufacturing nation.
    He said: “The Nigerian automotive development plan is our best chance of developing this vital industry and making Nigeria Africa’s leading automotive hub, especially when viewed against the market potential of the ECOWAS and Central African countries estimated at one million vehicles annually.
    “One of the convictions of the National Automotive policy is to have vehicle assembly operations with increasing local content absorption that could evolve from one stage to another, for instance from SKD2 (semi-knocked down) to CKD (completely knocked-down) operations without exceeding 12 months or maximum 36 months including a set-up period of 12 months.”
    This institutional framework is validated in article 5.1 of the National Automotive Policy, which states inter alia “there will be phased component parts deletion programme for cast, pressed and forged body and mechanical parts and trim/accessories with the establishment of relevant engineering infrastructures. And in item 6.1, “Local and foreign investors shall be encouraged to establish automotive vehicles and component parts outfits.”
    The NADDC director said the biggest multiplier effect of automotive manufacturing comes with component manufacturing, saying the more you localise the higher the number of jobs created, and the deeper you go downstream, the more jobs you create.
    “Assembly operations alone account for about 15 to 20 per cent of the cost of the vehicle. When you add local content, you now increase the value added. We are hoping that within the next five years, we will reach value addition of about 30 to 40 per cent,” he said.