After driving Kona, the assembled-in-Nigeria electric car in Abuja on Tuesday, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, concluded that the drive was fantastic and the making of the innovative car a showcase of what is possible in the country.
He spoke 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.
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.
Speaking to journalists shortly after a tour of the exhibition stands, and a ride in the electric car, Prof. Osinbajo said “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.”
Right after the exhibition, the Vice-President also visited the Federal Road Safety Corps’ headquarters where he inaugurated the National Traffic Radio, 107.1 FM.
There he described the radio as “an important and strategic initiative in several respects. The service will enable effective dissemination of relevant information on road safety and the provision of up-to-date information on road conditions, as well as traffic status and security to the public.”
According to him, beyond the core objective of enhancing the operations of FRSC personnel, the radio station will also be useful in reaching far flung areas for teaching and dissemination of public health advisories and general information to Nigerians.
Prof. Osinbajo then featured during the radio station’s traffic report programme during which he gave live traffic situation report across the country particularly from areas in and around the FCT, Jos and Lagos.
