ating ▁na ira ▁and ▁reduced ▁government ▁subs id y . ▁Volks wagen ▁shift ed ▁market ▁focus ▁to ▁s elling ▁K omb i ▁bus es ▁for ▁commercial ▁transport ▁and ▁corpor ate ▁cars . ▁ ▁The ▁plants ▁were ▁capital ▁int ensive ▁and ▁bare ly ▁generated ▁prof its , ▁equ ity ▁partners ▁like ▁the ▁government ▁were ▁happy ▁that ▁the ▁plant ▁was ▁running ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁foreign ▁manufact ur ers , ▁prof its ▁came ▁largely ▁from ▁the ▁supply ▁of ▁C K D . ▁E ight ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁plants ▁were ▁opened , ▁the ▁local ▁content ▁target ▁was ▁never ▁met ▁and ▁the ▁plants ▁still ▁imported ▁bits ▁and ▁pieces ▁from ▁abroad . ▁L ack ▁of ▁collaboration ▁between ▁manufact ur ers ▁and ▁local ▁distrib utors ▁made ▁difficult ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁parts ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁manufact ur ers ▁specific ations ▁and ▁life ▁span ▁of ▁parts . ▁In frastr uct ural ▁def ic its ▁such ▁as ▁un stable ▁electric ▁supply ▁increased ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁producing ▁vehicles ▁and ▁car ▁parts ▁made ▁the ▁locally ▁manufact ured ▁vehicles ▁more ▁expensive ▁than ▁its ▁imported ▁counter parts . ▁ ▁Volks wagen ▁went ▁from ▁an ▁annual ▁production ▁of ▁ 2 9 , 3 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁to ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Niger ian ▁government ▁sold ▁its ▁equ ity ▁interest ▁to ▁St all ion ▁Group . ▁Fac ilities ▁at ▁the ▁plant ▁were ▁later ▁used ▁to ▁manufact ure ▁Ash ok ▁Ley land ▁Fal con ▁bus es . ▁