Osinbajo hails Nigeria’s first assembled electric car

By Nneka Nwogwugwu

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed satisfaction after driving the assembled-in-Nigeria electric car which he described as ‘fantastic.’

Osinbajo hailed the innovation in Abuja on Tuesday shortly after the unveiling of the Made-in-Nigeria fair featuring the exhibition of the first electric car assembled in Nigeria, among other locally manufactured products.

A statement by his spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, stated that the vice president described the innovative car as a showcase of what is possible in Nigeria.

“It was 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 just drove it”, Osinbajo said after the ride.

Aside touring the exhibition stands, accompanied by top government officials, the Vice President drove the electric car alongside the Ministers of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo and Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr Jelani Aliyu, the Punch reports.

Other dignitaries at the event which is part of Nigeria’s 60th anniversary celebration include the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, Ministers of FCT, Mallam Mohammed Bello; and Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.