Coscharis Group partners UNILAG as Varsity Lecturers Visit Lagos Assembly Plant

Coscharis Motors Plc, a subsidiary of Coscharis Group, has been commended for its commitment to developing local content at its local assembly plant located at the Lagos head office of the company. The leading Nigerian auto dealership was commended by all the Heads of Departments (HODs) from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, who paid a courtesy visit to the company’s Assembly Plant in Lagos, recently.  

The visit followed the decision of the top Nigerian university to partner Coscharis Motors, an excellent player in the automobile industry with pedigree in Sales,
Aftersales and now local assembling, and collaborate with the leading auto dealership  in the Faculty-Industry partnership initiative of the University of Lagos. The partnership is expected to cut across collaborative research in the areas of Automobile, ICT, Oil & Gas; Students Industrial Works Experience (SIWES); Short term Research Leave for Academic staff in the Faculty of Engineering, amongst other collaborative opportunities to deliver value to their common stakeholders.

Led by the Dean, Faculty of Engineering, UNILAG,  Professor Obanishola Sadiq, the team, which went round the entire facility at the Coscharis Group head office. It applauded the Coscharis team led by its founder, President / CEO of Coscharis Group, Dr. Cosmas Maduka,  for the foresight and resilience which are evident in the huge investment at the assembly plant and other after-sales facilities of all the reputable brands Coscharis represent in Nigeria.

According to Prof. Sadiq,  “Some of us, even as academicians, never knew that Coscharis had invested such huge capital in an
assembly plant that has capacity that is producing some of the automobiles we see on our roads in Nigeria today. This is highly commendable and part of the reasons why we, as teachers of engineers, deemed it fit to visit your facility for an on – the – spot assessment of what you have. And I can say for a fact that we are really excited with what we’ve
seen as comparable to any world class plant you can envisage.”

Welcoming the visiting lecturers to the massive facility on behalf of the President of Coscharis Group, the General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications for the Group,  Abiona Babarinde, gave a brief historical background of the conglomerate and various sectors where the company plays. Babarinde informed the team that aside the automotive sector, Coscharis equally contributes to the economic growth of the country in the IT, Logistics, Beverages, Agro – Allied sectors,
amongst others.

“The assembly plant that was established in 2015 was initially located at our Ikeja office as a Semi Knocked Down (SKD) plant that produced Ford Ranger and JoyLong buses before it was moved to the Group’s head office in Awoyaya, Lagos. Today, our assembly plant as an SKD plant produces Ford Ranger and Renault products with a capacity to deliver 30 units per day but for various challenges encountered as a local producer like low patronage, cost of production
amongst others, it produces about 10 units per day,” Babarinde explained.

He, however, maintained that Coscharis, as a major player in the automotive
sector in Nigeria representing some of the most respected iconic auto brands in the
world like the Rolls-Royce, BMW, Jaguar LandRover, Ford, Renault and Morris
Garages,  has consistently invested in its after-sales offerings.

“We’ve always believed that the ultimate peace of mind we can give our loyal customers relies on our capacity
to deliver seamless aftersales solutions across all these great brands we represent. We invest in getting the original spare parts direct from our OEMs, same with the right tools to fix the parts and huge investment in our technicians that are certified by OEMs. This ultimately gives us the edge in the industry at all times based on both our new models of
each brands and the aftersales deliverables,” he stated.

The Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, being one of the faculties that was
established in October 1964, when the University officially took off in 1962, has today
grown through leaps and bounds to become a household name at the University, not
only nationally but internationally.