The federal government, yesterday, said it was time for the country to restrict the importation of foreign vehicles into the country. Minister of State for Industry, John Owan Enoh stated this at the inauguration of the Industrial Revolution Work Group (IRWG), in Abuja.
“For instance, Toyota, can you imagine the number of Toyota vehicles that are bought by government and its agencies.
“In the course of my tour, I have gone to some auto assembling company. I am waiting for one that Toyota is adding value to Nigeria’s auto industry.
“We must stop contributing to job creation abroad and not jobs created in the country. I have spoken about this on and on.
“At some point, we need to be dramatic and take dramatic positions otherwise things will not change. We need to get to a point where we will give a timeline.
“Is it in the next 12 months? Is it in the next 18 months? If we do not find anything evidently in our country what work is being done to demonstrate their work, we will still ban some classes of vehicles.”
