By Justina Okpanku
Major stakeholders in the automotive sector in the country are throwing their weight to support
the forthcoming Nigeria Auto Industry Summit (NAISU) in which will be taking place in Lagos on July 31, 2025.
As usual, the National Automotive Design and Development Council( NDDC) has endorsed the upcoming auto journalists’ event.
Similarly,
Toyota Nigeria Limited, Carloha, Weststar Associates Limited, Lanre Shittu Motors (LSM) and Nord, are among other stakeholders that have confirmed their participation in this year’s event.
Apart from NADDC, other major organisations partnering with NAJA to host this year’s programme are the Nigeria Association of Automotive Manufacturers (NAMA) and African Association of Automobile Manufacturers (AAAM).
Obviously smarting from the highly successful maiden edition of
NAISU held in 2024 and with a lot of interest coming from stakeholders and prospective participants, NAJA is confident that the event can only get better.
NAJA, in a statement, gave the main theme of this year’s summit holding in Lagos, as “Nigeria First: Local Content ad Catalyst for Automotive Economy.”
The Chairman, summit organizing committee, Mike Ochonma, said “Last year, NAJA premiered the Nigeria Auto Industry Summit (NAISU) as a platform for stakeholders and participants to converge and critically X-ray the auto industry and proffer solutions that will take the industry to greater heights for the benefits of all players in the industry and Nigerians in general.
“For this year, critical government agencies such as NADDC, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and others have also confirmed their participation for this year’s event.
Chairman of NAJA, Theodore Opara,
said, “NAISU has come to stay as evidenced by the wholehearted embrace by the stakeholders in the auto industry.
“And the interest already received this year show that this event is on the right trajectory for the benefit of all in the industry.
“Also, this year promises to radically work on entrenching local content and work more on the long-awaited Auto Industry Development Plan of the Federal Government which also remains a focal point of discussions in the sector.”
Opara continued,
“This year’s NAISU promises to be a better version of last year and plans are already in top gear to ensure all expectations are met and exceeded.”
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