Industry executives in Nigeria project accelerated growth for the country’s electric vehicle (EV) market in 2026.
Leaders from distributors and assemblers in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt cite rising fuel costs, supportive policy signals, and increasing private investment as key drivers.
Customer inquiries more than doubled in 2025, indicating that the coming year could be a tipping point for adoption by private buyers and commercial fleets.
Dr. Kaycee Orji, Chairman of Roxettes Group, stated that his company has long championed EV adoption in Nigeria. He pointed to China’s aggressive shift—aiming for a full transition by 2030, with current adoption nearing 90%—as the clear direction of the global auto industry.
Orji warned that without a defined national transition strategy, Nigeria risks becoming a dumping ground for used internal combustion engine vehicles from countries enforcing phase-outs. He highlighted the proposed Electric Vehicle Transition and Green Mobility Bill, 2025, as a comprehensive measure crucial to overcoming barriers and accelerating EV uptake.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
