PAN launches renewed offensive on fake parts
In what could be described in the industry as a novelty among the gladiators operating within the automotive market space, PAN Nigeria Limited is presently running a weeklong exhibition designed to further highlight and propagate the strategic importance of genuine automotive spare parts among individual and fleet owners of Peugeot brands. The 10-day event is presently ongoing within the Plot 1144 Kakuri Industrial Layout premises of Kaduna headquarters the over four decades company.
The historic event taking place within our 800 square metre floor provided a very good platform for PAN Nigeria Limited, the assemblers of Peugeot brand of vehicles to showcase its range of auto spare parts at its maiden edition.
While providing an insight during his welcome address into the rationale behind the exhibition, Ibrahim Boyi, managing director and chief executive of PAN Nigeria Limited, reiterated PAN’s leadership in the local automobile industry.
He stated that the Peugoet brand of vehicles running on Nigerian roads have played a fundamental role in nation building and understanding the need for performance and support in after sales service, where every Peugeot vehicle is supported and backed-up with complete spare parts that also comes with warranty.
According to the PAN chief executive, it is a campaign to dislodge fake and substandard spare parts market with regimental price control to ensure lowest cost of vehicle ownership.
He described the fair as an expo of PAN hidden treasures of over six thousand spare parts, ranging from the classic 504 brand new engine to the latest Peugeot 3008 that won over 40 global awards.
In his part, Bawo Omagbitse, general manager in charge of sales and strategy, described the fair as a national campaign for pervasive use of genuine spare parts, a push for national acceptability of originality and drive for standardization of trade practices from PAN perspective. He described the spare parts event as brand specific exhibition.
According to the Kaduna Sector commander of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) represented at the event by Galadanchi, the sector operation commander, he commended the organisers, stating, that it is first of its kind in his over 20 years experience in the commission.
‘’It is ‘work for humanity’ considering how many lives are lost annually on Nigerian roads due to fake and tokumbo parts. He urged Nigerians to buy genuine parts from accredited dealers to safe life’’. The FRSC official said.
Haroun Malami, Head of Corporate Communications of the company, PAN Nigeria Limited has been assembling vehicles in the country since 1975.
While the event lasted, PAN welcomed large number of Peugeot enthusiast, spare parts dealers, FRSC officials, members of Kaduna state Chambers of Trade and Commerce, other relevant stakeholders to a unique experience that offers visitors ambience of a world class arena, fashioned in ten boutique cubicles and well- manned by friendly attendants all branded in Peugeot outfit.
It would be recalled that the Peugeot 301 sedan has won back-to-back; the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association awards Car-Of-The-Year (COTY) for two years in a row in 2016 & 2017. The spare parts fairwill end this weekend.
MIKE OCHONMA