- NADDC and BPP said in Abuja on Friday, 9 October 2026, that MDAs must buy vehicles only from licensed local assemblers or their authorised retailers.
- An agency may buy a foreign-assembled vehicle only if no local alternative exists and it obtains direct presidential clearance.
- Every vehicle supplied to the government must carry a traceable VIN checked by NADDC, and suppliers outside licensed local assembly lines risk blacklisting.
Nigeria First: FG orders MDAs to buy only locally assembled vehicles
Federal ministries and agencies must now buy vehicles only from licensed local assemblers, with foreign-built ones allowed only with presidential clearance, NADDC and BPP said on Friday.
Federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) must now buy their vehicles only from licensed local assemblers or their authorised retailers, under the Nigeria First Policy. The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) set out the rules at a joint press conference in Abuja on Friday, 9 October 2026, Channels Television and Vanguard…