The Federal Government, through the National Automotive Design and Development Council, is set to begin local manufacturing of 10 essential vehicle spare parts to reduce dependence on imports, which currently costs $1bn annually.
- Joseph Osanipin, Director General of NADDC, announced this initiative during a training event focused on automotive design software, in collaboration with Midas IT Co. of South Korea, which trained 15 auto engineers.
- The council aims to produce spare parts for over 11 million vehicles in Nigeria and is working towards increasing local assembly components from less than 1% to 40%.
- The goal is to shift from assembling completely built vehicles to assembling unpainted vehicles with locally produced components, adding more value and creating jobs.
- Osanipin emphasized the importance of training engineers to design and produce parts, aiming for Nigeria to be self-sufficient in vehicle parts production.
- Abdul-Lawal Zubair, Managing Director of FAZSAL Nigeria Limited, encouraged participants to innovate and advance the automotive industry through practical design training.
- FG to Launch Local Production of 10 Vehicle Spare Parts
- …Trains Engineers on Spare Part Designs The Federal Government, through the National Automotive Design and Development Council, says it has put in place the necessary structures and frameworks to begin the manufacturing of 10 essential vehicle spare parts locally.
- The move is expected to help reduce the country’s dependence on spare parts imports which currently gulps $1bn annually. Joseph Osanipin, Director General, NADDC disclosed this at an event to conclude a two-week intensive training of auto engineers on software automotive design on Friday in Abuja.
- The training boot camp focused on Midas NFX software for automotive design skills and was organized in collaboration with Midas IT Co. of South Korea, training 15 participants. Speaking in his address, the Director General represented by Fidelis Achiv, Director, Directorate of Research Design and Development, noted that the council is ready to produce spare parts for over 11 million vehicles plying Nigerian roads.
- He also said the council is working to achieve a local assembling component of 40 per cent from less than 1 per cent assembling capacity currently.
- He said, “We are working to achieve a level whereby we can go back to assembling vehicles that have up to 40 per cent locally manufactured components. “We have vehicle assemblies in Nigeria but the assembling that is going on is not adding much value to the economy.”
