FG Want's To Ban Vehicle Importation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has dropped hints that it may ban the importation of vehicles into the nation in the near future even as the demand of foreign vehicles is at an all time high.

The move, the government said, was to encourage “local production” of vehicles in the country.

President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke of the impending vehicle import ban recently in Uyo, when he declared open the 2013 yearly national management conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).

Without giving the exact time for the ban or the specific kinds of vehicles to be banned, he stressed that the efforts being made, especially in local vehicle production at Nnewi, Anambra State, needed to be encouraged.

The president, who was represented by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Aji, said the federal government had stepped up moves to reposition the nation’s transportation system, in line with its transformation agenda.

“The government recently directed its various organs to purchase vehicles made at the Nnewi plant, a gesture that was lauded by the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association of Nigeria,” he said.

He added that the reform in the rail, aviation and the maritime sectors were aimed at gaining the confidence of investors and to empower Nigerians.

“Any country without a rail system, cannot be classified as an industrialised country,” he added.

Source: Legit.ng