The Federal government under the Leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched locally assembled EV charging station in Abuja,in a bid to increase the production of domestic Electric Vehicle (EV) in Nigeria.
According to the Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, John Owan -Enoh, local assembling of Electric Vehicle (EV) is a yardstick for poverty alleviation in the country. He highlighted that this new development will create 200,000 jobs and also serve as a move towards achieving SDG 7’s goal of clean energy.
Enoh emphasized the federal government’s commitment to promoting cleaner transportation and transforming Nigeria’s energy sector by leveraging locally manufactured electric vehicles (EVs).
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“These milestones, the first is to increase the local content of locally manufactured vehicles by about 40 percent and also to see whether we’ll be able to produce at least one million vehicles locally and see how we can increase the number of jobs that are available in this sector to about 200,000.” He said.
“And most of all, to see how we can increase the local production of electric vehicles by 30 per cent.” He added.
Enoh further commented on the effect of industrialisation on the nation’s economic growth, stating that the auto sector, with its vast value chains, provides the nation with a unique opportunity to promote industrialisation.
“Electric vehicles are the future, but that future must start today. We must promote it now and ensure that we achieve it. Perhaps, the sector has been waiting for electric vehicles, and today’s unveiling marks the beginning of that journey”, the minister added.
