BREAKING: Nigerian govt unveils EVs charging station, buses in Abuja

The Nigerian government on Friday announced the commencement of the country’s largest electric vehicle charging stations and locally assembled buses in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>

The Minister of State, Trade and Investment, Senator John Enoh, made this announcement at the unveiling event of locally manufactured electric buses and other eco-friendly innovations in Abuja on Friday.

Speaking at the event, Enoh said the federal government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is committed to advancing industrialisation in the country’s automobile industry.

“I’m the one that would thank NEV Motors for helping me do my job. I mean, I got a mandate for industry push.

“If you look at Mr. President’s eight-point agenda, agenda seven speaks to the mandate of the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment. And that is the diversification of our economy through industry, through digitisation, through creative arts, through manufacturing, and through innovation.

“That’s what it is. And I think that is what is happening here this evening,” he said.

According to him, some talented Nigerians have made it possible to believe in the EV revolution in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria.

“I think that a lot of Nigerians look at electric vehicles as impossible.

“If we turn our backs, that’s an electric vehicle, isn’t it? So it’s real,” he said.

He reiterated the government’s commitment to supporting the increase of local content of locally manufactured EVs by 30 percent and job creation.

“Those milestones: the first is to increase the local content of locally manufactured vehicles by about 40%. To see whether we’ll be able to produce locally at least 1 million vehicles.

“I mean, to see how we can increase the number of jobs that are available in this sector to about 200,000.

“And most of all, to see how we can increase the local production of electric vehicles by 30 percent,” he said.

On his part, the Chief Executive of NEV Motors, Mosope Olaosebikan, said that Nigeria can lead the way in sustainable mobility in Africa.

“We are not just launching buses. We are launching an era; we are not just talking about the future. We are the future.

“And to anyone still wondering whether Nigeria is ready for electric mobility, let me say this loud and clear: Not only are we ready—we are leading,” he stated.

The Director-General of NADDC, Mr. Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), Uzoma Nwagba, and Executive Vice Chairman of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) pledged to make Nigerians access affordable and reliable EVs and its revolution.