Nigeria: Peugeot Automobile of Country

16 April 2009
editorial

In less than three decades Nigeria's dream of breaking into automobile manufacturing has virtually grounded to a halt.

Except perhaps the Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (Annamco) in Enugu producers of the Mercedes luxury buses, other vehicle assembly plants such as the Volkswagen in Lagos; Leyland in Ibadan and Steyr, producers of tractors in Bauchi have either folded up or are on skeletal operations.

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