Lagos Motor Fair, Auto Parts Expo get richer with solution confab, date announced

Lagos Motor Fair, Auto Parts Expo get richer with solution confab, date announced 

A four-in-one package has been lined up for the 2025 edition of the annual Lagos Motor Fair and Auto Parts Expo holding next month in a new move to expand its scope and ensure maximum benefit for exhibitors and visitors.
This year’s event attracting both local international investors/participants is billed to hold from March 12 to March 14, 2025, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, according to the organisers, BKG Exhibitions Limited.

It said the show would be unique and as it is being packaged to draw people that matter to offer practical solutions to issues facing the auto industry development in Africa.
Managing Director of BKG Exhibitions, Mr Ifeanyi Agwu, said apart from the new vehicle display with solutions and auto parts sections, a conference of auto parts market leaders would be a new addition for this year’s package.
He spoke in Lagos on Tuesday in the preparation for the event giving some details of what ti expect.

While the Lagos auto parts expo will be the 12th edition this year, Lagos Motor Fair is the 19th. They will be held simultaneously with the Africa Motorcycle and Parts Expo.
Agwu said, “This year, we’re focusing on auto parts. We shall be having a conference of auto part market leaders in Africa to talk about fake products and other challenges facing the business.
“We’re building a channel where all manufacturers can be connected. This will be a turning point in the auto fair – were taking it to the highest level.
“Going forward, what we’ll be having at the Lagos motor fair and auto part show will be comparable with the best in the world.”
He expressed concern over the downturn in the auto business in Nigeria and indeed the entire African continent.
However, the BKG boss commended the Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr Joseph Osanipin, for offering a listening ear to vital suggestions and collaborating with relevant stakeholders to address problems besetting the industry.
“There has not been any DG like him in terms of support to stakeholders like us.
“Most of the things I advocate such as encouraging production of parts, he’s absorbing and working on them,” he said.