– The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah doused all tensions in a filled hall during an event organised for discussion on Nigeria’s auto industry in a hotel at Victoria Island, Lagos a few days ago
– Enelamah told the major players in the auto manufacturing industry that the federal government of Nigeria (FGN) will implement the National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP), and not do away with it
President Muhammadu Buhari inspecting a made in Nigeria vehicle
The minister revealed that, “the FGN has identified the auto industry as a strategic driver of industrialisation and committed to implementing the NAIDP,” in his presentation, titled: ‘NAIDP: Setting a Strategic Implementation Framework’.
Enelamah’s words of assurance was the first commitment the vehicle manufacturers were getting from the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, since its inception since last year May, that it would not scrap the NAIDP instituted by the past government for Nigeria’s industrial development.