Car dealers groan over new import policy, call for reversal

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Published on January 17, 2017 by pmnews   ·   2 Comments

car Car dealers groan over new import policy, call for reversal

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Mixed reactions have trailed the ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders with some of the dealers calling the policy anti people while others said it would boost national economy.

Some of the vehicle dealers in Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Kaduna States also said in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] that the policy should be relaxed to give them time to adjust.

In Kaduna State, the Treasurer of Car Dealers Association, Aminu Ibrahim claimed that the policy had forced prices of vehicles to go up beyond the reach of Nigerians.

“Patronage has completely ceased because of the hike in prices of cars resulting from the policy, and this has resulted to huge job losses.

“For example, I had to lay off seven staff from my pay role and placed four others on half salary because…

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