Ondo State Set To Become Vehicle Assembly Hub, Sets To Float Assembly Plant

Ondo State is set to become a hub where cars and trucks will be assembled soon, this is after the likes of Lagos, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.

The Ondo State government has announced its plan to begin to assemble different cars and trucks at the Ondo/Linyi industrial hub in Ore by June.

Chief Alex Ajipe, Manager of the industrial hub, made the disclosure on Saturday while speaking with some online journalists in Akure, Ondo.

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Ajipe said that the project was part of the Bi-City Agreement signed between the state government and the Mayor of Linyi in China, in 2017.

“In November 2019, we got a licence for the automobile assembly plant. We called it Win-Tech.

“From the message we got from our agent in China, the first consignment will arrive in Lagos port by March 1. So with the clearing and every other thing, at the end of March, we should have consignment here in Ondo State.

“We are starting with 200 trucks by May or June this year. I can assure you that this will be the first assembled trucks we will be seeing in Ondo State. We will also assemble SUV, saloon cars and many others as well,” he said.

Ajipe said that the agreement had started creating job opportunities for the citizens, with the potentials to increase the state’s internally- generated revenue.

It will be recalled that on 25th Feb., 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Ondo/Linyi industrial hub in Ore, Ondo State.

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