Bennett Oghifo
This year’s training/capacity building workshop of the Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) will be graced by prominent players in Nigeria’s automotive industry.
The training/capacity building workshop, which will be held in Lagos on August 25, is being headlined by Coscharis Motors Plc, Stallion Motors Nigeria Limited, Jet Systems Limited, Weststar Associates Ltd, and the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC).
The theme of this year’s event, ‘Fuel subsidy removal: Autogas/Electric vehicles as alternatives’ will be discussed by the Director-General, NADDC, Jelani Aliyu, who is the guest of honour.
Aliyu has always been an advocate of the use of gas and electricity to power vehicles as an alternative to fossil fuel, considering the global quest to reduce carbon emissions, implicated in the dire warming of the earth’s temperature.
Also to discuss the theme is the Chairman of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), Mohammed Ibrahim, who is the Guest Speaker. The workshop facilitators are Yusuf Jimoh Aweda and Wisdom Elijah.
Aweda will also address the ‘Role of new media in automotive industry reportage’ while Elijah will provide insight on, ‘Autogas/electric vehicle as alternative amid fuel subsidy removal’.
The training is aimed at equipping motoring journalists with the necessary skills in Nigeria’s automotive industry and globally.
Chairman, NAJA, Mike Ochonma, said, “It is imperative for journalists covering the automotive sector to be in sync with the latest happenings, especially at this point, when many Nigerians need alternatives, following the removal of subsidy on petrol,” adding that the two very critical themes chosen for the workshop were “predicated on their crucial importance to Nigeria’s automotive industry.”
