By Michael Ovat – Awka
The Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Transport in Collaboration with Electric Vehicle Automobiles Limited, has commence a three:day free training and empowerment of over 1,000 transport operators and other stakeholders on electric vehicle skills in the state.
The three-day training programme which commences today, September 17th, at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka.is designed to equip participants with skills relevant to the emerging electric vehicle industry, is billed to end on Saturday, September 19th 2026.
Declaring the training workshop open on behalf of the State government, the Commissioner for Transport, Hon Edward Ibuzo, said the programme will help reduce quest for white collar job among Anambra residents.
According to Ibuzo, the programme was part of the state government’s efforts to promote the transition to clean fuels for automobiles and prepare transport stakeholders for the growing adoption of electric vehicles in the World.
He noted that the major aimed of the programme is to trained the participants on how to be acquited with the electric vehicle skills for self-grow and the grow of others.
The Commissioner Commended the company for towing in line with governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s vision of making Anambra a clean, digitalized, smart, lovable and prosperous state in Nigeria by 2070.
In his welcome speech, the executive manager of EV automobile limited, Mr Obiora Okafor, said the sensitization training workshop was necessary to enable every Anambra resident to acquire knowledge and get use of the electric vehicle skills, as the World is gradually switching from petroleum engine vehicle model to electrical devices.
“What we are doing here today is very important because in the next ten years everyone will be force to switch to electric vehicle amidst continue rise in petroleum products, particularly in Nigeria.
“The electric vehicles are manufactured at affordable price with 20-years guarantee of it batteries and brake pads.
“We must look at what is happening in China and leverage on it to develop our dear country.
“It is a dream of EV automobile limited to push the used of electric vehicles in Nigeria and Africa continent as a whole.
“The electric vehicles, if fully understood, will make life easier for our people amidst persistent fuel increase, which is why we have mapped out arrangement to carry out the sensitization exercise across the 36 states of Nigeria, Okafor noted.
He commended the Anambra State government for the collaboration.
Also present at the flagging off ceremony are members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), National Road Transport Owners (NARTO), as well as operators of students’ union bus schemes, including the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Coalition of Nigerian Students (COOU) and National Coalition of Nigerian Students (NOCEN).
