Jelani Aliyu, the director general of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), has urged Spanish companies to invest in vehicle production in Nigeria.
The DG gave the advice as a panellist at the Nigeria-Spanish Business and Trade Forum in Madrid, Spain, where President Muhammadu Buhari delivered the keynote address.
“Vehicles can be produced in Nigeria both for local markets and exports, leveraging on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area,” Aliyu said, highlighting the vast opportunities in the Nigerian automotive industry (AfCFTA).
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“Nigeria is ready for innovation and advanced automotive solutions, products, and services, and Spanish companies could really add significant value to the automotive space in Nigeria.”
“We are looking forward to further in-depth discussions with interested companies on how they can come in to be a part of this incredible journey that we have started in Nigeria, particularly in vehicle electrification,” he added.
The NADDC’s director general had previously participated as a Panelist Speaker at the Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit, EVIS, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from the 23rd to the 25th of May 2022.
The summit brought together researchers, engineers, government officials, and electric vehicle-related companies and institutions from around the world to explore and discuss technical, policy, market, achievements, and potentials in electric mobility.
The DG discussed Nigeria’s current achievements in electric mobility as well as the sector’s strong potential in Nigeria and Africa.
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He also met with a delegation from a company that manufactures solar-powered agricultural tractors, with the goal of collaborating with the company in the local production of the tractors and making them available to Nigerian farmers.
