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SON Destroys Substandard Tyres Worth N5bn

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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, (SON), has embarked on a nationwide mopping up of substandard tyres with the aim of destroying them in an operation it code named, ‘Operation Gbale’.

Mr. Bede Obayi, the Director, Inspectorate and Enforcement, made the disclosure in media parley on Friday during the destruction of over N5bn worth of seized tyres, which were kept in the agency’s warehouse in Lagos.

Obayi said that SON had been creating public awareness aimed at educating buyers about the dangers of patronising fake tyre distributors.

He added that in the bid to ensure that the tyres would not find their way back into the market, the agency had acquired sophisticated and rugged equipment that can destroy the tyres without polluting the environment.

He said: “This nationwide campaign is meant to discourage people from selling and buying these tyres because they are dangerous. These tyres are mopped up at various locations in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

He added that “They are being mopped up from those who are packing tyres in three-in-one, four-in-one to save cost. By the time you bring these tyres in such shapes, you have destroyed the tyres, even if you have the SONCAP, which Nigeria has approved as a clearing document for products that are coming into this country; the certificate has already been invalidated.”

According to Obayi, millions of seized tyres are in the agency’s warehouse because it is not easy to destroy them, adding that “If we throw them into the sea, these tyres cannot melt, they will just remain there and constitute aquatic problems, and that is why we have mopped them up and are keeping them to destroy them appropriately.

Source:  www.independent.ng

 

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