Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, test drove the country’s first locally assembled electric car, Hyundai Kona, in Abuja.
This is coming after the electric vehicle, which is a product of Stallion Motors, was launched in November 2020, by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and unveiled in Abuja by the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu, in February 2021, in Abuja
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According to NAN, the Vice President test drove the car during an exhibition tour of made-in-Nigeria products at the opening ceremony of a 5-day Nigeria @ 60 Expo being held at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
At the event, which is organised by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Nigeria @ 60 in collaboration with Business Visa and Training Co Ltd, Osinbajo expressed excitement at the innovation and said he was hopeful of a bright future for Nigeria.
What Vice President Osinbajo said at the event
Osinbajo at the event said, “A very good drive; fantastic; it just shows what is possible. I am glad to see that this is an assembled in Nigeria electric car. You can literally charge it anywhere; I think it is a very fantastic innovation; fantastic product, and I can tell because I drove it.’’
On his part, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said the event was aimed at showcasing what Nigeria could produce with local raw materials.
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He said “To compliment the efforts of the Federal Government at ensuring that we produce what we eat and eat what we produce. In this context, we are to produce what we use and use what we produce.’’
He said the use of Made-In-Nigeria products will attract several benefits for the country, help increase its Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
He noted that Nigerians now proudly use products made in the country and this will contribute to GDP growth, more employment opportunities,
It can be charged anywhere, but please always remember to carry your generator along. Because our electricity companies will disgrace you
The original idea of electric cars bordered on going green. What environmental or economic sense is there in using generator to charge it when you can without all the hassle drive outright on petrol. We’re obviously following the wrong queue and may end up in another man’s house
Who are you fooling? You said we should use what we produce, and produce what we use. Do you use Innoson cars produced in Nigeria? Instead, is it not foreign cars you use? Do you eat Nigerian rice? Is it not foreign rice you eat? Stop deceiving yourselves because we can clearly see, you can’t deceive us!
Are Nigerians hopeless of possilities of good things to come in the nearest future? When right thinking Nigerians laboured day and night and bring down their brains to invent products, instead of commending them and think of positive ways to contribute your own quota, the next thing is to condemn and persimistic because of hatred of no use We need revolutionary change of attitude,kudos to you guys may Almighty God continue to strengten all of you Good Thinking Good Product
Deceptive statements from our rulers! We should eat what we produce and produce what we eat. Do they eat our local rice? We should use what we produce and produce what we use. Do they use Nigerian produced Innoson cars or motor vehicles? No! How many poor men or women can buy the electric cars? Such cars are made for our political office holders because they have access to our ‘common wealths!’ God will avenge the wrongs you are doing to the Nigerian masses
This is a great and exciting development.
@Ishaya and Akinade. With people of your calibre, rightly thinking this way, I see a very bright light at the end of the other tunnel. Kudos to our determined country men and women.
Locally assembled?
Watch out, very soon I’ll not only assemble parts from overseas locally but also create all it’s parts in Nigeria from scratch.
From the design, development, etc I’ll take care of it.
With time I will.
But that by the way, well-done Nigeria, Hyundai Kona, etc
Wonderful job.
Let’s hope for more.
Yes, let’s hope for more.
I hope small generator can charge it, let it be known that Nigerian electrical power supply system is not matured enough to sustain owning an electric car in this country, also if the electric vehicle can survive Lagos heavy traffic, I would be convinced it is a success in Nigeria.
Lol, can you imagine being in traffic and watch your power going down without a charging point close by? I think its a good innovation at all at all na winch. Nice one
Yes
We should ensure stable electricity supply before embarking on production of electric cars otherwise one will get trapped in a bush when the power is off in the car and nowhere to charge it.
????you killed me with laugh. Thanks
IS A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT BUT WITHOUT CONSTANT ELECTRICITY THIS MILESTONE WILL BE A MIRAGE
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After where is the power supply to charge this nonsense government cars??? One thing is for sure, our leaders are hopeless & foolish including that one testing the car. Useless people.
Buy electric car and then use generator to charge it. What a joke. Only reason they are being assembled in Nigeria is because labor costs are cheaper in Nigeria than in Korea. If Nigeria uses it,s own raw materials and designs , builds a car ,truck , bus , train than we can celebrate. For Koreans , Chinese , Indians to come to Nigeria to use the cheap labor who have no rights is shameful.
Wake up Nigeria and don,t be fooled by politicians.
Na electric car they go produce, who they want kill 4 this Nigeria high way, GOD don finally open una nyach, HIV, finished. BIRD FLU. yamutu, EBOLA, jee ree. COVID’19, ownlour. Na ELECTRIC CAR, system of reducing population in Nigeria. Ah hee. Bandit, unba. Boko Haram no solution. FULANI HANDSMEN na God killing by trick waitn we do una GOD deoo
No much to say but Nigeria leaders are disappointment and lack vision to rule his people
The 1 and most useless government in the whole wide world, vision less group of people
It’s a welcomed invention for any thoughtless human locally assembled bt not made in 9ja nd one ass hole of a man calls that fantastic another cow is hare commenting that his lineage needs revolutionary change in attitude wake up we don dey assembly bicycle since even before independence but we never still get one wen be proudly 9ja wake up man dis Na dead idea innoson try but Na this same basterds leave am face Toyota, Benz, ford, and chevo dem now Na made in Korea Hyundai Haas shamelessness Na big disease
Bravo
We never read nor heard anyone advertising innoson cars, irrespective of it being produced here. This is the height of discrimination in Nigeria. Always playing down anything having to do with ndi Igbo.
So the Vice president lended time from a very busy schedule to proof drive a locally assembled electric vehicle.
They will all be consumed by that fire from hate
Good idea guys.. but for the vice p. Don’t just launchave it… encourage naija products… and act like a vice president. Good efforts Hyundai
don’t forget to use your generator when necessary Mr vice president
don’t forget to use your generator when necessary Mr vice president