Cars45 Partners Firm for Sales of Locally Used Vehicles
Indigenous car buying service, Cars45 has struck a partnership deal with Turing Simcubator and Carsbazr, to launch a refurbishment centre and retail point in Lagos.
Simcubator is one of Nigeria’s largest mult-brand automobile workshop while Carsbazr is Nigeria’s largest locally used-car sales platform.
According to the sponsor of the deal, the initiative was essential to make efficiently refurbished cars available to customers to enable them simply “buy and drive.”
By this agreement, used cars from Nigeria that have been sold to Cars45 would be fixed to meet world-class standard by Turing Simcubator and upon repairs will be made available to Nigerians in good condition for immediate use.
Speaking about the deal, Head of Marketing at the car buying service, Mohammed Iyamu, stated that the initiative would further help to allay the fears of Nigerians when purchasing used cars.
“Nigerians largely express their fears when it comes to buying Nigerian-used cars. This fear is based on the mechanical problems caused by bad roads, harsh climatic conditions or user negligence. This arrangement provides a lasting solution to this challenge wherein customers can buy locally-used cars and sleep with two eyes closed.”
Also speaking, Service Manager of Turing Simcubator’s, Vivek Arora added, “With this arrangement, the future of used cars on the road is truly bright. The stress of buying and shipping a car from overseas is one Nigerians will not have to go through since this deal is offering the exact quality in the refurbished cars.”
The NIgeria tourism sector is set to experience a major boom with the All-Nigerian Festival, ANF, taking place in Lagos between April 13 and 15.
The first-of-its-kind in the country, the event which promises to promote Nigerian ways of life in its uniqueness would be graced by over 30 visitors from across the world amidst rare exhibition of food, fashion, local beverage, arts and craft, cultural dance and live music.
Put together by a group of entrepreneurs, including Lagos-based legendry fashion designer, Mr. MoAmi, food nutritionist, Miss Iyabo Lawani, iconic art and craft curator, Mrs. Nike Okundaye of Nike Art Gallery, DG of Nigerian Cultural troupe dance, Dr. Arnold Udoka and veteran Nigerian dance hall pioneer, instrumentalist and musician, Mr. Kupa Victory. The show which had the full support of the Lagos State Government essentially seeks to promote the cultural heritage of Nigeria.
Providing more details on the programme, curator of the programme, Kupa Victory stated that the festival would feature full cultural display from the different parts of the country.
“We will be promoting the local cuisines by showcasing the official food of each state in Nigeria to the international world. We will also be showcasing our local liquor like the kunu, zobo, which will be officially packaged. On fashion, we shall be looking at the different fashion styles peculiar to the different ethnic groups in Nigeria. For instance, there is a way the Bayelsan man dresses which is different from the dressing style of the Delta man. For the arts, we will be looking at arts, craft, cultural dance as well as music.
“In tandem with diversifying Nigeria’s economy, it is time the private sector takes the bull by the horns and take charge of the tourism sector. This urge in turn gave rise to the inspiration for us to partner with the Federal Government (through the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture) to create a market place which will feature cuisines and culture of the West African country, culminating in a festive exhibition. Of course, guests and visitors are assured of guaranteed security from the Lagos State Police command and private security. We therefore expect that subsequent host states will emulate the anticipated success of this edition as we plan to make the ANF an annual event.”
Speaking further, Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Folarin Adeyemi, commended the initiative and also reaffirmed the state support for the cultural gathering.
“It is the desire of the governor to always support individuals, groups and organisations that are interested in arts and culture and by extension tourism activities in Lagos state. Hence, partnering with the organisers of this event is not a coincidence as we have done a lot in the past two years of our administration.” Adeyemi stated.