Nigeria Set to Manufacture Electric Vehicles By 2023 – FG

By Tolulope Oke

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) has partnered with Japanese and Israeli companies to assemble and manufacture electric vehicles commencing by 2023.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) entered into a partnership with the Israeli, Japanese and Nigerian companies on Thursday, in Abuja.

According to Prof. Mohammed Haruna, Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, the partnership has become irreversible and will be domesticated throughout the nation, was praised.

Haruna explained that this project in Nigeria would ensure that electrical vehicles are manufactured in Nigeria in the near future.

“The first attempt to domesticate certain technologies in this country, especially in the automobile industry has not worked with continuous importation.

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“NASENI has come into this now with the perfect partners, Japanese and Israeli companies their technologies are proven and known.

“But most importantly, Nigeria will not just be consuming this technology, we are here to make sure that we domesticate, produce and manufacture in Nigeria.

‘We are grateful and we are happy with this collaboration and we assure Nigerians that the automobile industry after this collaboration will not be the same again,” Haruna said.

Michael Freeman, the Israeli ambassador to Nigeria, explained that the alliance, which combines Israeli, Japanese, and Nigerian technologies, would aid in addressing the numerous issues facing the country’s transportation and environmental sectors.

He explains that the unique thing about this project is that it mixes Israeli, Japanese, and Nigerian entrepreneurship and creativity in a timely manner to produce a project that is going to work fantastically.

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Freeman noted that It provides cheap, secure transportation for individuals and even has the technology to make sure motorcycles are only utilized for proper, legal uses.

“When we look at what the problems are in the world and in also in Africa and in Nigeria, we are talking about issues of fuel scarcity, we are talking about green technology, we are talking about the need to provide cleaner, cheaper, easier transport.

‘And here we are, having Israeli and Japanese companies coming together with Nigerian partners to provide cleaner, greener, newer, exciting technology that is expected to move people, population across the country.

“I believe that a programme that is going to start in Nigeria will be successful and will go across Africa,” Freeman said.