"FG drops plans to ban Tokunbo vehicles" sun newspaper 2/27/14

 

Attempted ban on Tokumbo vehicles; good message wrong delivering

 The attempt to ban Tokumbo vehicles was a good national economic decision with wrong timing, wrong approach, wrong target and wrong emphasis.

 

The federal government must target local, state, and federal, government agencies, ministries institutions, schools, police, military and military personnel, legislators,  commissioners, ministers, Judges, and emphasize and even pass laws mandating all government agencies and personnel at all levels of government  to source their automobile needs for official use, from the local manufacturers.

 

If all official automobile needs in Nigeria are sourced locally, the local manufacturers would benefit tremendously and will remain in business to improve on quality and affordability.  Only in Nigeria do the president, governors, ministers, commissioners, senators, legislators, elected politicians, members of the judiciary branch, and public/government officials use foreign made automobiles on official assignment and engagements when there are the existences of locally manufactured automobiles. This is the height of hypocrisy and un- patriotism.