Local Content Devt: NADDC launches 2,322 Made-in-Nigeria buses by RTEAN

*Jelani Aliyu, Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, says the CNG-powered vehicles produced by OMAA Motors will make transportation cheaper for Nigerian commuters while protecting the environment because of its cleaner fuel

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

Mr. Jelani Aliyu, the Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), has inaugurated 2,322 gas-powered Made-in-Nigeria buses bought by the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN).

RTEAN had procured the vehicles for its fleet in the 774 local government areas (LGAs) in the West African country, agency report stated.

Aliyu, while inaugurating the locally produced buses Friday, June 10, 2022, in Abuja, FCT, said: “It s very exciting to see that all the vehicles were built in Nigeria by an indigenous company.

“I hereby congratulate the Executive National Chairman of RTEAN, Alhaji Musa Maitakobi, on the commitment to buy the Nigerian built OMAA vehicles.”

The NADDC Director-General urged all transport associations in Nigeria to emulate the RTEAN and key into the National Gas Expansion Programme, by patronising Made-in-Nigeria Gas Powered Vehicles.

“What was witnessed was a testimony to the fact that the implementation of the National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) by the NADDC is yielding results.

“The CNG powered vehicles produced locally by OMAA Motors, will make transportation cheaper for the commuters and also save lives and protect the environment because it is a cleaner fuel compared to petrol and diesel.

“As one of the 195 signatories to the Paris Accord on the mitigation of greenhouse gases, Nigeria must leverage on the huge reserves of natural gases as a transition fuel,” said he.