FG, ASPMDA in alliance to boost local auto parts production, fight counterfeit products

By Theodore Opara
The Federal Government and the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association, ASPMDA, are set to strengthen collaboration aimed at repositioning Nigeria’s automotive industry, boosting local production of spare parts and tackling the growing menace of counterfeit products.
The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC, Otunba Oluwemimo Osanipin, disclosed the government’s commitment at the just-concluded West African Automotive Summit held in Lagos.
Osanipin said the council was prepared to work closely with ASPMDA to support the production of quality automotive spare parts for the millions of vehicles operating on Niger...