House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Tertiary Education and Services, Land Transport, Environment and Science and Technology to engage stakeholders to design a 10–Year Action Plan to improve the research capabilities of Nigeria’s tertiary institutions with the intent to improve the automobile industry.
This is just as the House urged the federal government to adequately fund Institutions involved in research in the production of electric and solar cars. At the same time enjoined the National Automotive Design and Development Council to design a workable plan on how to produce electric cars in commercial quantities in Nigeria, using homegrown human capital.
The chairman, House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, on in a motion in Need to Increase Funding for Innovation and Technology in Tertiary Education, noted that the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka recently unveiled its first five-seater electric car, Christened Lion Ozumba 551.
The member representing Ahiazu/Ezinitte Federal Constituency of Imo state Hon. Chinedu Emeka Martins in a motion in the Urgent Need to Combat Unemployment and Social Vices through Establishment of Industries Across