12th Lagos Motor Fair & 6th Autoparts Africa Expo Get Date
The organizers of the annual Lagos International Motor Fair & Autoparts Expo Nigeria have announced a date and venue for the forthcoming edition. According to the Managing Director BKG Exhibitions Limited, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Agwu, who is also the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the event the 12th Edition of the Motor Fair as well as the 6th edition of the Autoparts Expo will hold at the Federal Palace Hotel, Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island, Lagos on from the 24th – 29th, 2017 and 26th-29th, April, 2017 respectively.
According to Mr. Agwu at a press briefing to announce the kickoff of arrangements for the event, the theme of this edition is: “One Expo; Continental Spread”. He said that this is informed by the determination of the Organizers to champion the development and thriving of autoparts subsector as leeway to fast-tracking the development of Nigeria’s automotive industry. “In this edition as we have been doing for sometimes now we will champion the autoparts section to seeing to making Nigeria become the hub of the business in Africa. We want to make it a strong point of real taking off of a realizable auto policy.”
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee called on the Federal Government to focus should be more on spare parts manufacturing in place of assembling. Spare parts is the place where the real technology transfer takes place. It involves precision and proper planning more than the coupling that takes place in assembling. This will give rise to establishing of more Original Equipment Manufacturers and increase employment”. He said that there should be a review of the ongoing auto policy to make it achieve the desired ends.