It was a gathering of eagles at Restaurant 1415, EKO Signature and Suites in Victoria Island as GAC Motors hosted all 57 Local Government Chairmen in Lagos State recently.
The event began with the vehicles speaking for themselves in a Test Drive session where each of the Local Government Chairmen took their turns in test driving the GAC Motor GS8, GS4 AND GA3S vehicles. According to the Secretary of ‘Lagos Conference 57’ (the name adopted by the council of Local Government Chairmen in Lagos) Mr. Ariyo Bolaji after his Test Drive, ‘GAC Vehicles are not bad at all’ he said. Another participant, Mukandasi Ogidan noted that GAC vehicles offers more value than many known auto brands in Nigeria.
The Marketing Manager CIG Motors, Mr. Kayode Adejumo, in a presentation took the delegates through the different events and sponsorships partnerships by GAC Motor in the music, film industry, sports and politics recently. He noted this shows that for GAC Motor, it’s not just about selling cars, it’s about impacting lives
Mr. Scofield Wu in his remarks enlightened the delegates on the technological makeup of GAC Vehicles with top parts suppliers used in the assembly of the vehicles. He noted that for GAC Motor, safety is a major consideration when designing the vehicles. According to him, the steering of GAC Motor vehicles disintegrates in the event of a front collusion by accident which makes a GAC vehicle safer to drive than many other vehicles in the market
General Manager Access Bank a financial partner, Mrs. Iyabo Ogunsanya reiterated this as the most interesting feature of GAC vehicles in her opinion. She mentioned that the involvement of Access Bank in the partnership is to further highlight how highly the bank takes the GAC brand. According to the Bank executive, GAC motor vehicles are in the bank fleet used for the daily banking movement.
In her speech, Chief Diana Chen expressed her delight in hosting the delegates and mentioned that she would like to be friends with each and every local government represented at the Dinner. In wrapping up her speech she added that GAC Vehicles combines ‘European Design, with Japanese technology and Chinese production cost in one vehicle’.
Speaking on behalf of the Local Government Chairmen, the Chairman of the Chairmen Mrs. Essien Ajala Omolola Rasheedat thanked Chen for the initiative of organising such an event and expressed delight of both herself and other delegates in partnering GAC Motor for the development of the Local Governments in Lagos State. GAC motor is a world class leading manufacturer of vehicles based in Guangzhou China and its authorised sole distributor in Nigeria is CIG motors.
