Auto Policy: RTEAN Seeks Extention Of Commencement Date

The federal government
has been called upon to grant another six months extension to the full implementation of the National Automotive Policy in the country.
The National President  of the Road Transport Employers  Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Alhaji Musa Shehu, made the call while  addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
Shehu said the appeal was necessary in order to help in reducing the bottlenecks in vehicular movement of commuters and to boost the transportation system in the country.
He disclosed that the association also urged the Federal Government for a 70 per cent waiver on over 4,000 commuter vehicles as well as those of high capacity buses that would be imported into the country.
According to him, “The initiative is coming  at a time when the federal government is discouraging importation of vehicles and encouraging local manufacturing of vehicles in the country.
“We support the Federal Government’s automotive policy but we  are still appealing that local manufacturers cannot meet the demand of our nation at the moment.
The National President said  they are in support of the Federal  Government’s Policy on automotive  as they are running a nationwide mass transit scheme in which most of the vehicles will be dedicated to people of low income at a lower price.
Shehu said the scheme was to support  President Goodluck Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda on Transportation for the benefit of the people of this country.
He however appealed to the public to support the scheme  and the government for  better  road transport system in Nigeria.