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Toyota Nigeria is billed to handle the technical session at the capacity building workshop of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) which holds in Lagos this Friday.
This is coming as Weststar Associates, the authorised distributor of Mercedes-Benz in the country, and a leading insurance firm, Cornerstone, have given their full support to this year’s edition of the annual training.
Also expected at the event which holds at the Golden Tulip Hotel, along the International Airport Road, are the Director-General, National Automotive Design & Development Council, Jelani Aliyu and the Corps Marshal of the Federal Roads Safety Commission, Boboye Oyeyemi.
Dr. Oscar Odiboh, a Marketing Communication lecturer at the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State and Patrick Adenusi, Executive Director of Safety Beyond borders, are also billed to handle special sessions at the event as Cornerstone Insurance will be providing insights on insurance matters as they relate to the automotive industry.
While Odiboh will be beaming searchlight on ‘’Zero Patronage, Zero Tariff and the Redefinition of Patriotism by Nigeria’s Automobile Industry’’, Adenusi will be taking a critical look at ‘’Road Users Attitude- Cost and Effect’’.
The annual training workshop, which is in its fourth year is designed to enhance the knowledge of journalists reporting the automotive sector in the country.
Other stakeholders also expected at the workshop include CFAO, Stallion Motors, Mandilas, Pirelli and others which had been part of the major sponsors of the annual event.
NAJA chairman, Mike Ochonma, said the training workshop, was designed to refresh the knowledge and competence of automotive journalists in the country.
The NAJA training workshop is an annual training programme organised to refresh the minds of practicing auto journalists on the trend of auto journalism worldwide.
Members of the association are motoring journalists that cut across the newspapers, television and online media organisations including bloggers from across the country.
“Journalism is wide and we must open ourselves to consistent training and retraining. It is important that journalists writing about the automotive sector are well informed; they must be well educated and empowered to write effectively,” the NAJA Chairman said.
Also commenting on the programme, chairperson of this year’s event, Julie Chi- Nwaocha, noted that there was the need for consistent training and retraining of journalists covering the automotive industry in the country.
Sheaffirmed that the automotive industry is an important sector that cannot be ignored because of its huge contributions to the economy of Nigeria.
