The National Automotive
Design and Development Council (NADDC) has announced its preparedness to commission the Automotive Test laboratories for emission, components and materials built across major industrial cities in the country soon.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Monday, the Council’s Director General Aminu Jalal said the World Class project is almost 80 per cent complete and very soon ready for commissioning Jalal said the essence of the Automotive test Labs in Nigeria was to check the proliferation and importation of substandard automotive spare parts into the country.
He said substandard automotive spare parts in motor vehicles often function improperly or fail prematurely causing damages or drastic loss of efficiency to the affected vehicle.
He stressed that the implication of such situation is often very severe leading to some cases of road crashes that could cause loss of lives and also resulting in financial losses not just to the vehicle owner but also to other road users.
He said that the council has organised a workshop on the identification of sub-standard Auto Spare parts in Lagos, stressing that the essence of the workshop was to expose participants to basic identification techniques for the detection of such-standard out spare parts.
Jalal, said that the knowledge acquired  is to be used during the enforcement or implementation stage of the prohibition of the sale of substandard auto parts in the country.
He said that the ugly trend of substandard auto spare parts has become worrisome to stakeholders, hence the initiative for the workshop for the expert well equipped to discharge their responsibilities effectively.
The NADDC boss said vehicles parts like break wipers, tyres, headlights, signaling devices, wind shield are most important when it comes to preventing crashes, stressing that these parts are classified as safety failure in service may lead to road crash, hence their quality must be conform to international standard at all the times.