The National Automotive Council as a Parastatal of the
vii) The Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry was established by Act 84, 1993 to implement the National Automotive
Governing Board Committees
Policy. The functions of the Council include the following:
The Governing Board of the Council has three standing Committees. They are:
(i) Regular study and review of the automotive parts/ components development industry in Nigeria;
1. Policy, Planning and Establishment Committee 2. Technical Committee
(ii) D eveloping a local content programme specifying which
3. Finance and General Purpose Committee
component parts are to be continuously deleted from the
Structure of National Automotive Council
imported CKD’s (iii) R ecommending incentives for ensuring compliance with approved local content programmes
The Secretariat of the Council is charged with the day-to- day administration of the council and is headed by the Director
(iv) Approve and recommend new models of vehicles
General. It is presently operating with three departments
envisaged for the Nigeria market to ensure model
namely: Administration, Finance and Accounts; Policy and
rationalization
Planning and Industrial Infrastructure which are headed by
(v) Inspection
and
other
quality
assurance
activities
Directors.
in factories, ports and roads in pursuance of other objectives specified above
Administration, Finance and Accounts
(vi) Regular evaluation of the pricing structure and quality
The department is responsible for providing and managing the
of the products of the Assembly Plants to ensure
human resources, handling all matters relating to appointments,
international competitiveness
promotions, discipline, training, staff welfare. Other functions
(vii) Forecast the demand and supply patterns for various types of automotive vehicles produced in Nigeria and
of the department include: management of funds; payment of staff salaries, allowances and other entitlements.
the basic raw materials (such as sheet metal alloy and special steel)
Policy and Planning Department
(viii) Regular review of the penalties to be imposed for
The department is responsible for planning, implementation
non-compliance with the guidelines and programmes
and evaluation of the council’s programmes; UNIDO matters,
specified by it.
procurement operations, project monitoring, generates statistical data, conduct industrial and sectoral studies.
Vision: To facilitate the production of components and vehicles of international standard at competitive prices by
Industrial Infrastructure Department
the Nigerian automotive industry.
The department is charged with the coordination and implementation of policies to promote the development of
Mission: To ensure the survival, growth and integrated
local components and parts, monitoring of the local content
development of the Nigerian automotive industry using local
deletion programme of auto component, identification and
human and material resources.
classification of components and parts for standardization.
Organisational Structure Automotive Council
of
the
National
Funding The Act establishing the council provided for the
The Council is made up of the Governing Board, its
establishment of a fund which consists of a 2% levy on the
Committees and the Council Secretariat. Membership of
cost, insurance and freight (CIF) value of all imported fully
the Governing Board is drawn from relevant agencies and
built units (FBU), auto components, spare parts, completely
comprises representatives of the following:
knocked down (CKD) and raw materials imported for the
i) Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA)
automotive sub-sector. The fund is meant purely for the
ii) Automobile Local Content Manufacturers Association of
administration of the council, staff training, direct intervention
Nigeria (ALCMAN)
in the sector in form of soft loans and research. Collection
iii) S tandards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
of the levy started in November 1994 and was stopped in
iv) Raw Materials Research and Development Council
May 2007. Total amount in the fund on the 31st December,
(RMRDC)
2009 is in excess of N15 billion which is being managed by
v) Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)
Bank of Industry (BOI) under the managed fund agreement
vi) Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)
whereby NAC continues to meet its budgetary requirement.