ROTIMI ASHER The history of Nigeria’s auto industry is a paradox. For three decades, the nation’s successive governments failed to key into the industry’s viability. And President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has made no difference. Under Buhari’s watch, Nigeria’s auto industry has been put on a reverse gear. With Ekiti State born Otunba Niyi Adebayo on…
ROTIMI ASHER [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he history of vehicle can be traced back, not to the days of Henry Ford like we have been made to believe, but to the days of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who at that time had two chariots.(Genesis 41:43). The chariots were his official vehicles. So Pharaoh gave one to Joseph, when…
By: ROTIMI ASHER (rotimiasher@motoringworldng.com) [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a serious note, I have often wondered why it is difficult for Nigeria to generate enough megawatts for 24-hour power supply. Sometimes, I have been made to think that our past leaders might have signed a deal with darkness to ensure that, no matter the amount of money sunk into…
By: ROTIMI ASHER [dropcap]B[/dropcap]aba Ibeji, a commercial transporter, who hails from Western Nigeria, owns a compact Nissan car with which he does interstate commercial transport between Oyo and Ekiti State. On each trip, his car is overloaded with six passengers, two compacted at the front and four sandwiched at the back. He sees nothing wrong…
