“We are quite happy that Ford is joining others to set up plant in Nigeria through partnership with Coscharis Motors, a reputable Nigerian car marketing company and we are confident that the government would continue to give support to the policy to enable Nigeria reap the full benefit as an automobile manufacturing country.

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will gladly reverse or abandon some inherited economic policies, if doing so will lead to the creation of more jobs for Nigerians.
The president stated this at a meeting with executive members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

It was gathered that in many instances where offenders were apprehended, they were later let off the hook after some certain amount of money, ranging from N2, 000 to N5, 000, per okada must have been collected by taskforce and the police. At press time, there was no record of any offender that had been convicted for violation of the restriction law that could serve as deterrent. Meanwhile, the resurgence has led to the increase in okada related accidents on the road.

The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, (NAMDLCA) has petitioned the Presidency over the total collapse of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report, (PAAR) introduced by the management of Nigeria Customs Service.

He was appointed a sales manager of Leventis Motors in Western Nigeria with its headquarters in Ibadan. By 1960, with the Nigerian independence, he became an adviser to the Leventis group. In 1964, he undertook an extensive international tour to look at the possibilities of acquiring better product for National Motors and one of the places visited was Soviet Union whose cars he believed would sell well in Nigeria because they were relatively cheap and appeared durable.