Customs Boss Test-drive Truck Produced In Nigeria By Mikano Motors, Endorses Locally-made Vehicles

Customs Boss test-drives Changan truck marketed by Mikano Motors, endorses locally-made vehicles for economic empowerment.

He made the endorsement when Mikano visited the Customs HQ in Abuja on April 17th to showcase some of the companies products.

Following the test-drive of Maxus pickup, he said : “I’m impressed by what I’ve seen. I drove it over a distance.”

Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has endorsed locally-made vehicles following a test-drive of a made-in-nigeria Maxus pickup truck marketed in Nigeria by Mikano Motors.

Adewale made this known when Mikano Motors, led by the sales manager, Hassan Ghandour, visited Customs headquarters in Abuja on April 17th to showcase some of the companies car products.

In a video posted to the official Facebook and X handle (formerly Twitter) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday April 19th 2024, Adeniyi said :

“This is our Nigerian products and we owe ourselves, we owe Nigerians the obligations to give them a chance. We cannot continue to only depend on things that we import, particularly automobiles”

“So every effort is been made through a number of concessions and the only way to support them further is to see how we can put their product into use and this is the first step that we have taken.

“We will have to consider all the other factors around the procurements and then we will be very happy to strike some partnership deals with them.

“So this is a very good start. I’m impressed by what I’ve seen. I drove it over a distance and we negotiated good speed, good acceleration.”

Also speaking, the sales manager, at Mikano Motors, Hassan Ghandour, noted that the company’s products comes with 6yr/200,000 kilometers warranty and a top- notch after-sales services.

“This visit is actually to show what we can supply to Nigeria customs and how we can support as well. By providing good quality products, we can provide very affordable products.

“We are not only supplying cars, we are giving warranty to our products, the warranty is up to six years for 200,000 kilometers for any manufacturing defect to give them as well insurance that we are here to support our client for after-sales service, for spare parts as well.

“We have sedan, we have compact SUVs, large SUVs, we have as well as smart SUVs with the latest technology with artificial intelligence technologies as well. We have a pickup truck from Maxus, ZNA and Changan.

“What I can say about our products, is they are affordable in terms of price. They are customized for Nigeria, so they already have a tropicalized specification, we take into consideration the weather, and the roads as well. And the budget of our clients,” Ghandour added.

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