Buhari to commission Nord’s multi-billion-naira auto assembly plant in UNILAG

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to commission an ultra-modern auto assembly plant built by Nord Automobile company in the premises of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Thursday, November 10, 2022.

Oluwatobi Ajayi, chairman of Nord Automobile company, said the company is excited to partner with UNILAG in what he termed a win-win relationship.

UNILAG and Nord Automobile entered into a partnership three months ago in which the latter was to establish an auto assembly plant inside the premises of UNILAG and also engage the engineering students.

Being the first of such partnerships in Africa, Nord is to offer “practical training of willing and qualified students of the school in the act of assembling of cars, repair, service and maintenance of automobiles”.

“What we are doing today is innovation Triple Elite Model in which we are bringing the industry to the campus. This should be the first time this type of thing will be happening in the university in Africa,” Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, then vice-chancellor of UNILAG, had said at the time.

“This will be a great opportunity for our students in different departments to contribute to the development of automobile in Nigeria,” Ogundipehad said.

Nord Automobiles company, a Nigerian automotive manufacturer with headquarters in Lagos, delivers quality expertise in the value chain which includes the design, sourcing, development, assembling, distribution, marketing, provision of sales and after-sales service of Nigerian branded automobiles.

The model range of the vehicles include the Nord Tank, Nord Max, Nord Tusk, Nord Flit, Nord A3 Sedan, Nord A5 SUV, Nord A7 SUV, Nord Yarn, Nord Tripper, Nord Lasgi, among others.