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FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by igbo2011(m): 2:49pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Government Spends N5 Billion Naira On "made In China" Buses With Innoson waiting http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/motoring/2011/oct/21/motoring-10-21-2011-001.html The recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Urban Development Bank of Nigeria (UDBN) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), for the importation of no fewer than 150 mass transit buses from China, has drawn the ire of stakeholders in the local automotive industry, some of whom have branded the deal an economic sabotage that should be halted immediately. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by igbo2011(m): 2:52pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Honestly, why would the government do this? All types of buses can be made by Innoson, why didn't they go there? This would create jobs and keep money in Nigeria instead of sending it to China. China is already rich, they should use that money in Nigeria. It would help the local part manufacturers as well. Honestly, what is wrong with this government? Inferiority complex at it's finest. Innoson is trying to make it and has the potential to provide many jobs and a thriving industry to Nigeria. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Horus(m): 3:35pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
The FG should cancel the importation of all the buses from China immediately. This is a shame. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by cjfavour(m): 5:23pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
the son learnt from the father. TUC/NLC learnt from the FG. I Remember few months ago when FG announced that they will place order in china for the production of waste bin. Smbdy pls tell me what later happened. Did they place the order? If yes, is that nt what made these union to place their own order abroad? Our leaders are simply short sighted. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Biggoozz: 5:50pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Are these guy MAAAAAAAD or something? what the hell is all this madness in this country for goodness sake? |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 5:53pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
This is the sort of thing I am talking about. The government are just tooooo incompetent to serve US while our Indigenous company waits to be patronised by our people, Our government is still buying from China wich might even be more expensive and worse than the Innoson own. I weep for Niaja |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by HighChief4(m): 6:49pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
No hope for Nigeria. Trust me |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Rhino5dm: 8:35pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
This is really sad. What is annoying me is Retardinho GoatLuck Jonathan even boast of building air craft palnt in Abia State. Well, they voted massively for him, abi no be so? 98% of votes casted for him. Enjoy your Fresh Air! |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by 4tune1(m): 8:36pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
They are looking for a place where they will buy a bus for #5m claim it cost them #10m and FOI won't be use against thdm |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Nobody: 8:38pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
I shake my head when Igbos come here saying that they can survive alone. A business man cannot survive alone. Innoson needs Nigeria and Nigeria needs Innoson. Mutual rlship there. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by EkoIle1: 8:43pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
I must agree, this is messed up and counterproductive, but hey, thiis is the government ibo people bought with their votes. Federal leaders from the region are obviously asleep and not doing their job by lobbyig and fighting to prevent this from happening. You cant keep on blaming other peopld, your leaders are part of the federal government and the decicion making process. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Biggoozz: 8:50pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
If this were to be China, these men will surely DIE! They don't deserve to remain alive. What wickedness and anti development and patroitism! |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by paniki(m): 9:17pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Is Innoson able to build the same kind of busses at the same or lower price than the Chinese? |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by BootyOnMe: 9:21pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
God Bless China! God Bless Africa! A fool and his/her money are soon parted! God bless Boko Haram the best of all! |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Fhemmmy: 9:34pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
That is a government that that say have a vission and wanna see people be employed? |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by igbo2011(m): 9:39pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
paniki:They are pretty good. They are used in Enugu. http://innosonivm.com/En/ProductList.Asp |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Nobody: 9:41pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Anybody who managed to enter that Innoson Buses will never choose to enter another bus except Innoson. I entered the bus this week in Enugu and was more than happy. The will rate the bus higher than the BRT buses I enter in Lagos. The seats and its arrangement was killing, the AC, the CCRT(sorry 4spelling) and the small monitor tv, was awesome. While small buses were collecting N50 they were collecting N30 with all the comfort. I think the marketing of this product is poor coz I dont see while anybody would not choose this vehicles over those Chinese. I would be glad to see sports car of the Innoson brand. If I have my way I would market these products free of charge. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Fhemmmy: 9:42pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
paniki: If we can invest into buying Chinko made, then, we could as well improve ours and be happy |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 9:42pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
He, therefore, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene and ensure that the procurement is channeled inwards, in line with a Federal Government gazette issued in April this year which compels all government orders to be placed locally. Apart from the new Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited (IVM), Nnewi, Anambra State, which impressed President Goodluck Jonathan with its array of sundry buses (mini, midi, intra-city and inert-city) being produced when he commissioned the plant exactly one year ago (on Friday, October 15, 2010), there are other domestic auto plants that also make buses in the country. People should read this part and understand that the so called JOB creation the government have been spending Billions on can be done by just investing in this company. GEJ I know u are trying but please reduce the Importation of buses and cars by 50 % so that people would patronise there indigenous car company. Think of it GEJ, the money more money this company gets, the faster you would be able to pay those goons you call ur friends. at the end of the day, it is tax for YOU !!!! |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 9:45pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
paniki: Yes in fact there was an article I brought out sometimes this year that the same Bus bought by one of the governors in Nigeria for 5 million or so can be bought from Innoson cars for 2 million this about 60 % savings. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Fhemmmy: 9:46pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
alj_harem: ^^^ Did i hear the word GEJ Trying? Lol . . would like to know what he has done |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 9:50pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Fhemmmy: sad, really sad. If our leaders are not smart enough to know these things then how do we expect them to even build refineries for us |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Horus(m): 9:53pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
[img]http://3.bp..com/-zWBlt7WzVi4/TqMIf9dNrII/AAAAAAAAe48/bxWjT3POvEY/s1600/nnewi.jpg[/img] Innoson 6125 masstransit bus produced in Nigeria |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 9:56pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
kenis: I can Imagine It so happens that I have not entered one before but I am sure it can not be worse than toyota and co that are mass produced in factories. In fact from ur description I suspect it would be way better. What I expect the government to do is 1. Invest in Innson cars and be collecting a certain percentage of the profit apart from taxes 2. Reduce Importation of cars and increase taxes on cars at the port. 3. set up Innoson branches all over the country like Kogi for steel, enugu (I know it is there already and also anambra) for coal used at the steel mine, Ogun ,kaduna, delta and sokoto/kano for employment. Once this is done, watch as Unemployment will fail to 4 % or so. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Areosapien(m): 10:03pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
I've seen the cars in their stable, and I have to say, these Innoson guys are really good. It's a pity the Federal Government is so short-sighted as not to know the potentials these guys have. Instead of encouraging home-made products by patronizing them, they foolishly go for foreign products. Let Nigeria keep fooling herself. The rest of the progressive countries in Africa (SA, Botswana, Gabon, Mauritius) are advancing while we're still acting like cavemen. If we no patronize our products, who else go do am for us? Now wey China be World's number 2, how do they think they got there? Abi dem no sabi say na these little little things great nations dey start from? Oh well. Issorait. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by EkoIle1: 10:03pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
paniki: At this stage of our developmeng, thats irrelevant. Even at higher price tag, we should go ahead and pay in form of subsidies just to enable local folks gain and improve needed capacity to grow,inovate and expand. Countries all over the world do this all the time to give their own people a fighging chance in the market place. The morons running the country are not only bastardly clueless, they are too mean spirited and unpatriotic to the the right thing for their own people and country. |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by Biggoozz: 10:07pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
With what I know about the history of the choice auto companies we have today and how other countries jump at opportunities like this and nurture it, this story drives me crazy. God, what have we done to deserve what we experience in this country? Is this a curse? |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 10:08pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Areosapien: VERY CORRECT SIR. the clueless, Fg and State governments even the local ones are a BIG DISGRACE TO NIGERIA. Big shame on Nigeria. The government needs to set up a regulatory body to watch the health and safety issue concerning the cars. also I guess Innoson has to put more awareness to the public. I mean advertisements etc in Lagos and other major cities |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by jason123: 10:09pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Chei! This is heartbreaking! Imagine that 5 billion in our economy?? Think about the number of Mechanical engineers, Accountants etc this will employ?? Unleash our potential for Christ sake!!! Eko Ile: @Highlighted I could not agree more. Innoson guys are really trying! |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by jason123: 10:11pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Horus: From the appearance, it looks like the buses we ride in UK. alj_harem: I have notice how passionate you are on Innoson issue and employment. Good one sir! |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by igbo2011(m): 10:12pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Ghana offered Innoson a great deal. But the CEO is a patriot to Nigeria, unlike these rulers we have |
Re: FG Spends N5 Billion On 'Made In China' Buses, Ignores Local Auto Makers by aljharem3: 10:13pm On Nov 09, 2011 |
Biggoozz: isn't it funny how KIA started the same way even ford in dagenham UK, that is how it started . I guess I was right that Nigeria is f up people would not just patronised if there are no conditions to it. I mean people love what they are used to eg toyota nissan etc if there is a condition of which the imported cars are reduced by 50% or more and heavlly taxed then they would be forced to patroinised there company |
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