Kojo Motors Limited has set up machinery to assemble different range of Yutong buses locally.
The wholly Nigerian-owned company with technical support from Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co. of China, targets to produce over 1800 units of the buses in the country within the next three years with a robust master plan to grow the number.
This is just as the auto company threw its weight behind the National Automotive Industrial Development Plan (NAIDP) of the Federal Government.
Already, Kojo Motors has presented three out of the array of unique models at the just concluded Lagos Motor fair.
These include the ZK6729D, ZK6858H9 and ZK6122H9 described as outstanding range of models that guarantees return on investment for buyers.
For instance, the ZK6729D model is most suited for commute within the city in the league of shuttle buses like the Toyota Coaster.
There’s also the ZK6729DG model with a City bus interior ideal for BRT or mass transit operations like the Lagos State Bus Reform Initiative and other state mass transit projects.
The next is the ZK6858H9 model described by Kojo Motors as an ideal coach.
Mr. ChineduOguegbu, Executive Director, Kojo Motors Limited, said the company is poised to address the growing transport needs of the country.
Presently operated as a semi-knocked-down (SKD) assembly plant, Kojo Motors Limited plans to migrate to full completely-knocked-down (CKD) regime in the next three to five years with conducive operating environment.
With the expansion of the local domestic market needs as priority in the short to medium plan, the Yutong bus assembler hopes to extend its frontiers to other regional markets outside Nigeria and position the country as an export hub, the ED assured.
