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HONDA BEGINS PRODUCTION OF ACCORD CARS IN NIGERIA

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Honda Motor
Corporation says it has started building cars in Nigeria by retooling part of
its factory that previously made motorcycles. The firm’s new chief executive,
Takahiro Hachigo, disclosed this on Monday in Tokyo at his first news
conference since becoming CEO.
Hachigo, who
was named CEO in June this year, said the company, which began production this
month planned to produce 1,000 of its Accord sedans annually at the plant. The
new chief executive said Honda would boost the production if the local market
grows, adding that the plant would service other African countries.

Meanwhile,
Hachigo says it has no plans for now to provide financial aid to Takata Corp,
the air bag supplier at the centre of a costly global air bag recall. However,
Hachigo said Honda had set aside enough to cover the cost of recalling over 2
million cars with potentially faulty air bag parts made by Takata.
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