WELCOME ADDRESS BY CHIEF DR. INNOCENT CHUKWUMA, OFR, CHAIRMAN, INNOSON VEHICLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD, AT THE LAUNCH OF INNOSON'S RIDE HAILING SERVICE, IVM CRUISE, AT ENUGU, NIGERIA, NOVEMBER 13, 2020.



Your Excellency, Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi, Gburugburu.

Commissioner for Transport, Enugu State, Rt. Hon. M. J. Ekweremadu, OON, KGS.

Representatives of the National Automotive Council

Distinguished personalities here present.

Gentlemen of the Press.

All other protocols duly observed.

I am most delighted to welcome your eminent presence here today at the flag off and launch of our novel city transportation service in our beloved Enugu State, aptly christened, IVM Cruise.

This moment is indeed auspicious, as it is the realization of our company's vision to among other things contribute to the financial empowerment of our people while transforming the city transportation system of our beloved Enugu.

Our service offering, IVM Cruise, is a unique technology-driven ride hailing service which offers our pilots a good chance of becoming dignified transporters and owners of brand new Innoson Connect vehicles after an initial period of three years.

IVM Cruise is a platform which will enable our city dwellers to request for their pickups and drop offs from location to destination and will feature charter rides to distant places.

Essentially, what we're launching today is in line with modern global trends in city transportation industry and it will operate on an incremental digital architecture.

Our organization's ride hailing service features a digital payment system and an offline settlement facility. It is easy to use, engagingly interactive, personalized to each customer and offers quick response to our service subscribers.

Your Excellency, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, let me assure you, at Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd, we are about moving our nation, Nigeria and our people, forward.

Again, I am grateful to the Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi (Gburugburu) for ensuring an enabling environment and a favourable investment climate for commercial activities to thrive within the state.

I thank you all for honouring our invitation to join us in flagging off this IVM Cruise service.

May God bless His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi (Gburugburu); May God bless Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd and May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, OFR
Chairman/CEO
Innoson Group of Companies