Businessman Urges Nigerians To Embrace New Auto Policy

A businessman in Port
Harcourt, Dennis Obi, has urged Nigerians to embrace the Federal Government’s new National Automotive Policy (NAP) so as to boost employment generation in the country.
Obi, who was reacting to the level of unemployment in the country while interacting with The Tide on Thursday in Port Harcourt, stated that the new policy would create employment for youths and improve the economy of the nation.
He said, “After analyzing the new automotive policy, we realize that it will encourage the growth of industries in Nigeria. Each unit of a car needs not less than 20 components, and to produce each component, raw materials in the form of wood, plastic, sand, metal or chemicals and many others are required.”
Obi who manufactures plastic materials and other allied products said that if importers and car users could embrace the new auto policy, it would help to reduce poverty and joblessness.
He also cautioned importers from importing used vehicles into the country on the ground that it would increase the poverty level and have negative impact on the country’s economy.
The manufacturer said “if we embrace our own products, neighbouring coutries will buy our new vehicles from us. We have what it takes to produce new vehicles and it will not be the first time that vehicles will be manufactured in Nigeria.
“I believe that the new policy will help to create jobs, and it will promote the growth of other industries in addition to the automobile industries,” Obi stated.
It will be recalled that the Federal Executive Council recently approved measures to transform the automotive sector to put Nigeria among  auto-producing States.

Corlins Walter