{"id":41916,"date":"2022-09-03T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=41916"},"modified":"2022-09-03T17:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:25:05","slug":"proda-to-start-production-of-motor-parts-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/09\/03\/proda-to-start-production-of-motor-parts-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"PRODA to start production of motor parts \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/25\/experts-urge-countries-to-leverage-science-for-africa-development\/\">Project Development Institute<\/a><\/strong> (PRODA), Enugu is set to commence the production of vehicle\u00a0 parts in partnership with INNOSON Group of Companies.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Science and Technology (State), Henry Ikoh disclosed this on Saturday in Enugu during an official visit to the institute.<\/p>\n<p>Ikoh said that the production of the motor parts was part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/01\/04\/economic-growth-experts-set-2022-agenda-for-federal-government\/\">Federal Government<\/a> efforts to diversify Nigeria\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria reports that INNOSON Group is a Nigerian firm involved in vehicle manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that Nigeria had both the manpower and resources to explore such possibility, but was not done over the years due to lack of political will.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the current administration was keen to encourage PRODA and other research institutes to patent and commercialise their research outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that the move would ensure job creation for the youths, adding that PRODA had the capacity to excel in that area.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ikoh, the ministry intends to use the remaining period of the current administration to place PRODA on a strong footing to achieve its mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking for low hanging fruits in order to leave a legacy between now and March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a country, we do not need to import everything we use. We should be able produce certain types of machines and equipment for our industries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ikoh said that in spite of the breakthroughs that PRODA had made, it\u2019s not where it should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to come up with the relevant laws and legislations to enable them achieve more in the interest of the country,\u201d Ikoh said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Director-General of PRODA, Mr Peter Ogbobe, said that the institute was at the forefront of repositioning the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus on primary processing and value addition have contributed remarkably to the reduction of poverty and youth restiveness in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The director general , however, said that much still needed to be achieved by the institute in order to build the technological base of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbobe said that the PRODA Amendment Bill which was before the National Assembly, was one of the instruments and legal frameworks needed to enhance their operations.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned other challenges to include the encroachment of portions of the land housing the Ekulu Machine Workshop by agents of the state ministry of housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe institute is desirous to put the workshop to maximum use by ensuring that those machines temporarily relocated were brought back for full industrial operations to start,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbobe appealed for the intervention of the Federal Government on the deplorable link road which leads to the Ekulu Workshop from the Enugu -Abakaliki Expressway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Project Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu is set to commence the production of vehicle\u00a0 parts in partnership with INNOSON Group of Companies. 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