NADDC, RMRDC Deepen Collaboration to Boost Local Content in Automotive Sector

Closing the Loop: Why the Circular Economy in the Automotive Sector Matters in 2026

The automotive industry has long operated on a simple, wasteful logic: make it, sell it, scrap it. In 2026, that model is under serious pressure – from regulators, consumers, investors, and the weight of its own environmental consequences. The circular economy offers a different blueprint. Instead of extracting raw materials, building a vehicle, and sending it to a landfill at the end of its life, the circular model keeps materials in use for as…

NADDC, RMRDC Deepen Collaboration to Boost Local Content in Automotive Sector

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), led by its Director General, Otunba Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, has held a strategic meeting with the Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof. Nnayelugo Ikemounso, to strengthen collaboration and advance local content development in Nigeria’s automotive industry.The engagement, which took place on Tuesday in Abuja, forms part of ongoing ef…