Section 3: Functions of the Council.

The Council shall have responsibility to-(a) regularly study and review the automotive parts and components development industry in Nigeria;
(b) evolve a local content programme specifying which components and parts are to be continually deleted from the imported CKD parts;
(c) recommend incentive measures for ensuring compliance with approved local content programmes;
(d) appraise and recommend new models of vehicles envisaged for the Nigerian market to ensure model rationalisation;
(e) identify and classify the components and parts which can be standardised to ensure their inter-changeability;
(f) monitor and ensure compliance of vehicles with environmental and technical safety regulations;
(g) regularly evaluate the pricing structures and quality of the products of the assembly plants to ensure international competitiveness;
(h) forecast the demand and supply patterns for various types of automotive vehicles produced in Nigeria and the basic raw materials requirement;
(i) liaise with relevant organisations charged with the production of raw materials (such as sheet metal, alloy and special steel);
(j) regularly review the penalties to be imposed for non-compliance with the guidelines and programmes specified by it;
(k) handle all matters concerning the low cost vehicle projects;
(l) carry out inspection and other quality assurance activities in factories, ports and roads in pursuance of the functions specified in this section; and
(m) perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Minister from time to time.