Lagos needs 7000 modern public buses — Yutong

The world’s major bus and coach supplier, Yutong, on Monday said that Lagos State would need about 7, 000 modern buses to reduce the problems of public transportation across the state.
Yutong’s Vice General Manager for International Business, Kent
Chang, also said that other States in Nigeria would each need about
500 modern public buses.
Chang, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on the
sidelines of a visiting delegation of Nigerian Journalists on tour of the
company’s factory, said that Nigeria needed to learn from China.
He said: “For Nigeria to reduce the problems of traffic congestion and make
transportation much easier for her people, it is important to have
more modern public buses.
“China was able to reduce the problems of Public transportation
through the use of public buses. So, Nigeria can also begin to engage
in the use of more public buses.
“Lagos, as its busiest and most populated city, would need about 7, 000
modern buses to reduce the problems of public transportation in
the state.
“Other states across Nigeria should start with about 500 of the same
buses each. That way, there will less smaller public buses on the
roads.’’
Chang, who said that some of his organisation’s buses were gradually
increasing on Nigerian roads, expressed the company’s readiness to
supply Nigerian governments and private organisations with more buses,
as the needs arise.
The company’s vice general manager for international business was
interested in supplying more buses that would be built to
Nigeria’s specifications.
According to him, Yutong is currently exporting buses to France, UK,
Australia, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Chile,
Singapore and the Philippines.
He said: “By the end of 2017, “Yutong had eight Overseas spare parts centres in
Australia, France, Russia, Cuba, Dubia, Venezuela, Panama and South
Africa.
“Yutong has exported 44 fully electric intercity buses to France,
and is ranked first regarding the sales volume of full electric intercity
buses to Europe.’’
As the No.1 bus brand in China, Yutong boasts of a powerful Research and Development capability and has the largest bus production base in the world.