Joseph Osanipin, the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), has suggested a ban on the importation of used vehicles from 2000 to 2007 into the country. Mr Osanipin put forward this proposal during a Public Sector Engagement on implementing the Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP 2023-2033) that took place in Abuja on Tuesday.
He mentioned that the NADDC would collaborate with relevant agencies to set a maximum age limit of 20 years for imported used vehicles. The purpose of this initiative is to encourage local assembly and manufacturing of vehicles while also preventing Nigeria from becoming a dumping ground for older automobiles.
“Again, we need to talk to our colleagues, especially in customs, to start putting age limits on used cars. We cannot allow Nigeria to be a dumping ground for used vehicles.” “A situation in which 2000 to 2007 used vehicles are brought into Nigeria is unacceptable. So we will collaborate with relevant authorities to this effect.” “And, apart from that, we will have to specify the minimum standard that has to be in a vehicle for it to come to Nigeria,”
He further stated that the NADDC was established to tackle critical challenges in the sector, including low production levels, inadequate local content, and limited financial resources.
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He said, ”We are going to start what we call deletion policy which is contained in the NAIDP being reviewed today because that is the only way we can grow our local content.
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