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NADDC’s Nnewi Automotive Industrial Park Receives Boost From Anambra State Govt.
NADDC’s Nnewi Automotive Industrial Park receives tremendous boost from the Anambra State Government.
Nnewi Automotive Industrial Park is a project of NADDC geared towards establishing an industrial hub at Nnewi.
Partnership will focus in the areas of provision of asphalated road, electricity and water, etc by the Anambra Govt.
NADDC industrial parks project are strategically sited at Anambra, Kaduna and Osun States.
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) Council and the Anambra State Government on Thursday 22nd, September 2022, disclosed the zeal to forge a productive partnership on the Nnewi Automotive Industrial Park.
The Nnewi Automotive Industrial Park, located in the commercial and industrial city of Anambra State, is a project of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) geared towards establishing an industrial hub at Nnewi.
The partnership will focus particularly in the areas of provision of asphalated road, electricity and water, provision of solar street lights, construction of storm drainage system, etc by the Anambra State Government.
The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on a courtesy visit to NADDC, commended the DG, Mr. Jelani Aliyu, whom he described as a Nigerian genius, who is not just the pride of Sokoto but the pride of Nigeria, for the achievements of the Council.
Soludo emphasized on the need to include mandatory procurement of made-in-Nigeria vehicles by MDAs and public office holders in the National Procurement Policy.
According to the Governor, “the auto industry is a very critical element of the ecosystem to drive Nigeria towards the right direction to industrialization. Therefore we must have national consciousness and put Nigeria first, we need to prioritize Nigeria in everything we do”.
Similarly, following an earlier presentation made by the NADDC helmsman on the overview of the Councils activities, Prof Soludo also assured that the Anambra state Government and major auto assemblers in the state would key into the NADDC EV development project in furtherance to the support for development of the local auto industry.
The NADDC industrial parks project are strategically sited at Anambra, Kaduna and Osun States, where there are industrial clusters, primarily to bring together all industry operators to a centralised location for the purpose of sharing infrastructures, resources, information, knowledge and technical expertise in their production processes and activities.
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