The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, exhibited its disdain for made-in-Nigeria products as it refused to patronise locally made vehicles for members’ oversight.
Recall that year in – year out, the lawmakers meet behind closed doors, tagged executive sessions to discuss their welfare benefits, among which are allowances and type of utility vehicles for their oversight functions among other issues.
However, at Wednesday’s plenary, where it had an executive session as the only business of the day, it was reliably gathered that the lawmakers declined a suggestion from a House member to purchase SUVs for members from Innoson Motors based in Nnewi, Anambra State.
Sources said that the lawmaker who made the Innoson SUVs suggestion was shouted down.
Accordingly, it was further learned that the lawmakers insisted on brand new imported SUVs against the locally assembled and made-in-Nigeria brands.
Keke Napep started selling in Nigeria at 200k today it’s almost 1m, if Innoson can drop the price of their cars for students n civil servants even give them a payment plan,They will takeover Naija then introduce their expensive cars.The Rich won’t buy Innoson they will buy Benz pic.twitter.com/gmzCBPgTLU
— SON OF PH SOIL (@ajuicygeorge) February 6, 2020
These beautiful cars are made in Nigeria by Innoson motors…those ghost NASS people had the heart to reject these cars sha; talking about supporting Nigerian made😞😦..
Baby see enn, #Buhari and his government no care about you o, je ko yie. pic.twitter.com/IR0dalNAwG
— Professional beggar (@Sheddi_younG) February 6, 2020
