Govs Otti, Inuwa join Soludo using Nigeria-made vehicles as official cars

Govs Otti, Inuwa join Soludo using Nigeria-made vehicles as official cars

Newly sworn in Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti has become one of the few Nigerian governors using Nigeria-assembled vehicles as official cars.

At his inauguration on Monday, May 29, Otti rode in an Innoson-badged vehicle, to the admiration of many people at the event.

Like his Abia counterpart, Governor Inuwa Yahaya also unveiled (Innoson vehicle) as his official car during his inauguration at Patami Stadium in Gombe.

The two governors have thus joined Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, who had earlier made history as the first of the current state governors to have been driven to the inauguration ground in a Nigeria-assembled luxury SUV.

Although the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari in an executive order directed government officials and offices to patronise vehicles assembled in Nigeria, many have ignored the presidential directive.

In the past, many Nigerian presidents, state governors and government functionaries were fond of using vehicles from the nation’s auto factories. Peugeot Automobile of  Nigeria supplied most of the classy vehicles used by top government officials then.