Toyota Ghana renews distributorship agreement
Toyota
Ghana Company Limited has renewed its distributorship agreement with
the world’s largest automobile manufacturer, Toyota Motor Corporation,
by signing a three-year contract which takes effect from October, 2015.
Toyota Ghana MD Tetsuya Suematsu (R) says the signing endorses his firm as sole distributor of Toyota vehicles in Ghana |
It
is the first time in history since 2000 that a distributorship
agreement between Toyota Ghana Limited (TGCL) and its partner, Toyota
Motor Corporation (TMC), has taken place.
Speaking
during the signing ceremony in Accra on Thursday, Managing Director of
Toyota Ghana Limited, Tetsuya Suematsu disclosed that with the new
agreement, Toyota Ghana is identified as the manufacturer’s sole
distributor in Ghana.
He
further explained: “By signing this agreement, Toyota Ghana’s mandate
has been renewed as the sole company in Ghana authorized by the Toyota
Motor Corporation, manufacturers of Toyota products, to sell Toyota
vehicles and provide after-sales service support for them.
“It
also gives us the mandate to use the mark and logo of Toyota in the
advertising, promotion, sale and servicing of Toyota products in Ghana,”
he added.
According
to him, the agreement offers Toyota Ghana the exclusive right to
collaborate with Toyota Motor Corporation to offer the best vehicle life
experience to all of its customers.
Mr.
Suematsu described the distributorship agreement between the two
companies as the strength of any relationship between an automobile
manufacturer and a distributor in its legally binding agreement.
Whilst
assuring customers of Toyota Ghana’s commitment towards provision of
quality services coupled with best purchase and ownership experience
under the new development, he noted the new agreement, on part of TMC is
an indication of acknowledgement of the efforts of Toyota Ghana to meet
the vehicle needs of all Toyota Vehicles in Ghana.
In
his keynote address, Murtala Mohammed, a Deputy Minister of Trade and
Industry, commended Toyota Ghana for its diverse support through its
corporate social responsibility activities in health, education,
environment and road safety, describing the gesture as “clear indication
of your focus not only by selling cars but you care also about the
wellbeing of Ghanaians”.
He
further said: “To have the distributorship agreement signed for the
first time in Ghana speaks volumes about Toyota Ghana’s acclaim and the
confidence TMC has in them,” adding it has come as no surprise Toyota
Motor Corporation has always deemed it fit to renew this distributorship
agreement considering the tremendous achievements of Toyota Ghana since
its inception”.
Murtala Mohammed reiterates government’s commitment to support Toyota Ghana to grow.
For
his part, Mr. Yu Asano, General Manager of Africa Division of Toyota
Motor Corporation, said the distributorship agreement has a significant
role to play in Ghana due to the strong collaboration his outfit has
with Toyota Ghana in provision of suitable vehicles including best
support and maintenance service to the Ghanaian market.
Mr. Tetsuya Suematsu, MD, Toyota Ghana |
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