The National Automotive Council (NAC) has trained 70 auto-technicians in heavy duty trucks maintenance and tyre repairs and maintenance at the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, (NITT), Zaria.
Speaking at the end of the two-week training, the Director-General and Chief Executive of NITT, Dr. Aminu Musa Yusuf, congratulated the participants on the successful completion of the training.
He said the exercise gave them the skills to combat the problems prevalent in modern vehicles.
The director-general urged the participants to use the skills to enhance service delivery, promising them that NITT would train anyone willing to be trained.
Dr. Yusuf hailed NAC for initiating the training, which he said would empower mechanics.
He warned the trainees against selling the tools, “as this will be counter-productive.”
The Director-General of NAC, Aminu Jalal, said the skill gap analysis of mechanics done across the country on repairs and maintenance of modern vehicles showed that the majority of the mechanics lacked skills and equipment to maintain modern vehicles, hence the need to organise a training.
