NADDC DG Updates Tinubu on Nigeria's Auto Sector Plans

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Osanipin, met with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting provided an opportunity for Osanipin to update the President on the council's programs aimed at strengthening Nigeria's automotive ecosystem.

Key strategies discussed included boosting local vehicle manufacturing, deepening the automotive value chain, promoting innovation, encouraging investment, and creating an enabling environment for sustainable industrial growth. Osanipin expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for the continued support of the automotive sector and noted that the administration's industrialization agenda provides the necessary policy direction to drive the industry's transformation.

He reaffirmed the council's commitment to implementing programs that will enhance local manufacturing capacity, attract domestic and foreign investment, promote technology transfer, develop skilled manpower, and increase local content across the automotive value chain. Osanipin emphasized that the automotive sector remains a strategic pillar in the federal government's economic diversification agenda.