gm - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-29T13:10:25Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/gmJELANI ALIYU, THE NIGERIAN WHO DESIGNED GM ELECTRIC CAR, THE VOLThttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/jelani-aliyu-the-nigerian-who2010-08-02T15:00:00.000Z2010-08-02T15:00:00.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><div><br /></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;" /></span><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, what is not known to the American public or the world is that the Volt's lead designer is Mr. Jelani Aliyu, a Nigerian. In 2007, General Motors brought Mr. Aliyu to New York, and invited the African Sun Times Publisher to a dinner hosted for Mr. Aliyu and other minority stars with the General Motors. Now that the concept car is no longer a concept but a reality, we say congratulations to Jelani Aliyu, who by the way is from Sokoto State in Nigeria. Our 2007 article Mr. Aliyu is <a href="http://africansuntimes.com/cms/modules/content/index.php?id=19" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(120,120,120);">here.</a> <a href="http://africansuntimes.com/cms/modules/content/index.php?id=409">more</a></p>
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