"WE ARE ENJOYING FG SUPPORT UNDER BUHARI" - INNOSON GROUP, SAYS PURPORTED ORDER TO RELOCATE TO LAGOS OR KADUNA IS FAKE NEWS

Chairman of Innoson Group, Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma 

The Chairman of Innoson Group, Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma has debunked a news publication making rounds on the internet which credit him as saying that he is under pressure from the Federal Government to relocate his Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing plant from Nnewi, Anambra state to either Lagos or Kaduna states, or risk losing his license.

In a statement by Innoson Group's Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Cornel Osigwe via his Twitter handle, he says, "there has never been any order and there will never be any order either from the Federal Government or its agencies to Innoson Vehicles to relocate his Vehicle Manufacturing Plant which is based in Nnewi to Lagos, Kaduna or any other place".

He further stated that "Innoson Vehicles has continually maintained a robust relationship with the Federal Government specifically under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR".

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He went ahead to list some strategic government support so far received by the Vehicle Manufacturing plant from the Buhari administration to include:

1.   The initiation of Nnewi Auto-Industrial Park, which he said is meant to encourage automobile parts manufacturing companies to come and set up offices and plants "to deliver support services, vehicle components, and raw materials required by the teeming automobile manufacturing companies in Nigeria". According to him Mr Osigwe, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing is a major beneficiary of this initiative.

2.   Patronage from the Federal Government and its agencies; specifically, The Nigerian Military, The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Road Safety Commission, Fire Service, Immigration and lots more.

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3.   Innoson Vehicles' partnership with the Nigerian Air Force "for the development and promotion of joint activities to sustain the maintenance of the Nigerian Air Force Air Assets and other associated Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) to enable the Nigerian Air Force to continuously carry out its constitutional obligations to the nation".

4.   Innoson Vehicles' collaboration with the Nigerian Army Authority for the local manufacture and supply of Armoured and Bullet-Proof Vehicles.

While stressing that the company has enjoyed and still enjoys huge patronage and support from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, Chief Chukwuma urged "the general public to disregard the fallacious publication in its entirety as there is no element of truth therein".