Welcoming FG’s drive for local manufacturing of Electric Vehicles

The Federal Government’s recent inauguration of a steering committee for the manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (EV) in Nigeria is a welcome development as it falls in line with global practice. With the recent advancement in technology, electric vehicles have finally become a viable alternative to fuel-powered vehicles and its eco-friendly technology is meant to drastically reduce man’s reliance on fossil fuel and thus would disrupt the traditional automobile market. Hence, Nigeria, which prides itself as the largest black nation, with huge automobile consumer market cannot be…