BATN ; Jimeta Abubakar,Nationall sales executive, PAN; Onifade Adeniyi regional sales executive, PAN ,and Seyi Ashade, sustainability
manager, BATN, at the presentation of Peugeot range of models by PAN Limited to top management of BATN in Lagos.
The new automotive policy introduce last year by the federal government seems to be gaining traction as early local assemblers who seems to share the same vision, belief and optimism of the new order appear to be breaking new marketing grounds.
Last Wednesday, British American Tobacco (BAT) in Nigeria located in Lagos took delivery of a total of 11 units of different models of Peugeot vehicles from PAN Nigeria in move described by both organisations as a sign of new things to come between the duo. Under this development, BAT bought 4 units of the Peugeot 301, 4 units of 4008, 2 units of the 3008 and 1 unit of the 508. All of them comes in automatic transmission.
According to Musa Usman Bashir, Head of Corporate Communications of PAN Nigeria Limited, BAT purposely bought these cars in obedience to the federal government’s call on Public/private organizations to buy Made -in-Nigeria cars as a support for the automotive policy.
Speaking with BusinessDay, Freddy Messanvi, corporate affairs director of BATN said the choice of Peugeot cars was predicated on the company’s inventory of Peugeot cars by BAT’s opeartional offices outside Nigeria. in terms of aftersales and service maintenance, PAN Nigeria National Sales Manager, Mr. Abubakar Jimeta while highlighting some of the features and other offerings that stands the Peugeot models in the midst of competition also assured that the company has workshops over Lagos and others parts of the country.
