Nigeria’s Nissan dealership wins global Award

Stallion Group has won the 2015 Nissan Global National Sales Company Award for its outstanding achievement in Nigeria. The award recognizes the brand’s growth in the local market, whilst reinforcing its growing industrial footprint.

Stallion is Nissan’s exclusive manufacturer and distributor in Nigeria to establish the first indegenous automotive assembly facility in partnership with Nissan as a pioneering initiative in April 2014, pursuant to the federal government’s nation’s new automotive policy late in 2013.

Since the launch of locally assembled Nissan vehicles, four models are being assembled in the country, creating employment, with the local human resources undergoing extensive training from global experts from Nissan’s international auto plants.

Company sources say the thriving partnership with Stallion has resulted in Nissan meeting the needs of local car buyers through expanding product portfolio. The new Victoria Island showroom which is a demonstration of automaker’s long term commitment to increase brand visibility in Africa’s most populous country is the 11th so far by the franchisee.

Sunil Vaswani, chairman of Stallion Group, said, “Together with Nissan we are seeking to complement Nigeria’s ambitions to become the region’s automotive hub. We are providing a comprehensive range of passenger, commercial, and recreational vehicles, and are currently engaged in a dynamic programme of new model introductions.”

He stated that Stallion is investing into developing an integrated value chain for its brands in the country, thereby acting as a catalyst for Nigeria’s automotive ecosystem.

On his part, the managing director and president of Nissan South Africa, Mike Whitfield, said Nissan South Africa have worked side by side with the Stallion Group to achieve what is a very encouraging increase in the brand’s share of the key Nigerian market.

“Within Nissan we have a strong desire to make a full and lasting contribution to rebuilding automotive industrialization in Nigeria and to play an important role in the growth of the manufacturing sector. Mike Whitfield congratulated the Stallion NMN team on a job well done and expressed confidence that both parties will maintain this great momentum going forward.”

MIKE OCHONMA