Japan Motor’s Nissan Assembly Plant Nears Completion in Ghana Source: AUTO Africa Report
Japan Motors, authorised dealer-partner for Nissan Africa in Ghana, is pressing ahead with its new Assembly Plant in the country. The plant , on completion, will assemble the new Nissan Navara as well as Nissan Almera in the facility that is capable of rolling out 100,000 units of vehicles in a year.
Last Wednesday, 19 January 2022, Ghana’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, visited the assembly plant to assess the progress of work being made at the country’s fourth vehicle manufacturing plant.
“On Wednesday, January 19th 2022, as part of my Industry Visits, I inspected the progress of work at the soon to be completed Japan Motor’s Assembly Plant for the assembly of Nissan vehicles under the Ghana Automotive Development Programme. It comprises of a show room with a conference facility, offices, two assembly lines and test trucks for either vehicle, test-line for brake-speed alignment, water test facility, container and scrap yards.
Upon completion, the plant would assemble the new Nissan Navara Pick-Up and the Nissan Almera vehicles for Japan Motors. It would have the capacity to assemble 10,000 new vehicles,” the Minister was quoted as saying after his visit.
“At the time of the visit, a Test Trial assembly for both the Nissan Pick-Up (Navara) were on-going. The plant which is to be launched soon would be the fourth to be completed under the Ghana Automotive Development Programme. The Automotive sector is one of the Strategic Anchor Industries currently being developed. The visit gave the opportunity to interact with the Management and Construction Staff of the plant and congratulated on their diligence and hard work.” to duty..”
Ghana has been attracting a lot of automotive investments into the country through the Ghana Automotive Development Programme as the automotive sector is one of the Strategic Anchor Industries currently being developed in the small West African country.
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