Stakeholders seek local manufacturing, cheaper financing, charging infrastructure and crackdown on uncertified CNG conversions MIRIAM LAWAL Nigeria’s drive towards electric vehicles (EVs) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) must move beyond policy declarations to a coordinated national action plan, stakeholders at the 3rd Nigeria Auto Industry Summit (NAISU 2026) have declared. The stakeholders called for a…
Nigeria must urgently move beyond policy announcements and execute a coordinated six-point roadmap if the country is to turn growing interest in electric vehicles (EVs) into mass adoption, Metropolitan Electric Limited has warned. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Olugbenga Obadina, made the call while speaking at the 3rd Nigeria Auto Industry Summit, organised by the…
BEATRICE OWOEYE The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Otunba Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, has led a renewed regional push to attract massive investment into West Africa’s automotive industry, declaring that only coordinated policies and stronger collaboration can unlock the sector’s full economic potential. Speaking while moderating a high-level panel at the…
Lanre Shittu Motors (LSM) has stepped up its youth empowerment campaign with a bold initiative aimed at steering Lagos students away from financial crime, sponsoring the distribution of the book Clean Hands, Bright Future: A Youth Guide to Avoiding Financial Crime in Africa to public secondary schools across the state. The first phase of the…
