En Agasti 2009, imoto yokuqala ehlomile eNigeria yethulwa ngokusemthethweni, imoto yokuqala ehlomile ukwakhiwa kwayo okudingekayo engxenyeni enkulu yokukhiqizwa kwasendaweni eyasayinwa MADE IN AFRICA. Abaklami bayo? Izelamani ezimbili zaseNigeria, uVictor noJohnson Obasa. Laba bantu ababili base-Afrika abanamakhono, ababehlala e-United States kuze kube muva nje, bazinza e-Ekiti State lapho benenkampani ebizwa ngokuthi i-Mobile Truck Technology okwamanje ehlinzeka ngokuqashwa kwinani elikhulu lezakhamuzi zaseNigeria. Le moto yethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Agasti 2009 e-Eagle Square e-Abuja, kubikwa ukuthi yayihloselwe ukukhiqiza izimoto ezimbonini ngezindleko eziphansi kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nezimoto ezihlomile ezivela kwamanye amazwe. Imoto ihlolwe ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zezinhlamvu. NgokukaJohnson Obasa, “Ukukhiqizwa kwendawo kwemoto ehlomile kuzosiza ukuthuthukisa isimo sokuphepha sesizwe. Yimpahla ezovikela abasebenzi uma benza umsebenzi wabo futhi ibavumele ukuthi basebenze kuzo zonke izimo nezindawo.
Mayelana nezikhali ezingase zibe khona, le moto yahlolwa ngezinhlamvu ezihlukene ezitholakala kulolu hlobo lwe-chassis ngempumelelo emangalisayo yezinhlamvu ezisetshenzisiwe. Mayelana nokukhiqiza ngisho nangezinto zasendaweni, uJohnson Obasa uthe: “Siye saba nezikhathi ezinzima kodwa ngenkathi sihlangabezana nobunzima obuthile, uMongameli weSigele wasikhuthaza ukuthi siqhubeke nemizamo yethu yokufezekisa le phrojekthi. Iphrojekthi yabo elandelayo kuzoba ukukhiqiza imoto yokuthutha ezohlangabezana nezindinganiso zamazwe ngamazwe ngentengo efanelekile. "Kumayelana nokunxusa abanye abantu baseNigeria abanamathalente afanayo ukuthi beze ekhaya bazohlanganyela nathi ukuze babelane ngesabelo sabo sezwe kanye nabanye abantu baseNigeria abanalolo hlobo lwethalente ukuze bawasebenzise kahle," kusho u-Aliero. Abebekhona emcimbini wokuhlola imoto, izikhulu eziphezulu zamaphoyisa kanye noNgqongqoshe wezeSayensi nobuChwepheshe, uMnuz Al-Hassan Zaku bazomemezela ukuthi umnyango uzothumela ithimba lonjiniyela efektri lapho imoto yakhiwe khona ukuze kwenziwe olunye ulwazi. yemoto ukuze ithuthuke, okungenani kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ihlangabezana nezindinganiso nezidingo zamasosha ezokuphepha. Ikusasa lezentengiselwano liqinisekisiwe lale moto uma, njengendiza ye-Airbus, i-Afrika ikwazi ukuhlanganisa wonke amakhono ayo obunjiniyela bemishini nogesi. Lokhu kungasiza ukusungulwa kwesimeme sezimboni zase-Afrika, isibonelo, ukubiza izinto ezivela ngaphandle kweNigeria ukuze kwakhiwe kodwa okungcono kakhulu phakathi kwe-Afrika. I-Afrika kumele ikhuthaze onjiniyela bayo, i-Afrika ikhuthaze ukudalwa kwamadodana namadodakazi ayo.