SON Destroys Engine Oil, Electric Cabels, Others

Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has destroyed impounded substandard imported goods which include engine oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, (LPG) cylinder, electric cables, stuffed new tyres, substandard and unapproved cigarettes and substandard low-grade roofing sheets.

 

Director-General of SON, Farouk A. Salim, while addressing newsmen during the destruction, blamed the absence of SON at the ports for goods which could have been intercepted on arrival if the agency was in the ports.

 

The SON boss said, “I am unhappy that a few Nigerians sometimes in collusion with foreigners continue to endanger the lives and properties of our people in the quest to amass wealth, thus affecting our Nation’s economy negatively.

 

“The products slated for destruction today include substandard Electric Cables, Engine OiL LPG, Cylinders, Stuffed new Tyre, Substandard and unapproved Cigarettes and substandard low-grade Roofing Sheets worth billions of Naira.

“Some manufacturing companies in Nigeria boast of the best quality Electric Cables and Engine Oil, but some unscrupulous people continue to import and distribute low grade, substandard and life-threatening versions of these products in our markets.

 

“The dangers posed by these goods to the lives and properties of Nigerians, even if they are new, cannot be quantified. We will continue to say “no” to fake lubricants that knock motor and industrial engines which in turn lead to vehicle failures, leading to road mishaps and avoidable downtime in industries and consequential job losses. The engine oils seized were either faked in the names of superior brands or concocted without the mandatory conformity assessment for quality assurance.

 

“SON in collaboration with relevant stakeholders have developed very stringent regulations for the production, importation and distribution of such products as LPG Cylinders, Cigarettes and automobile tyres, yet we still have unpatriotic Nigerians and their collaborators bombarding us with the worst versions of these products in the name of doing business. They will continue to have SON to contend with and we shall not relent in apprehending them wherever they may be hiding, seizing their products and destroying them.

 

“The substandard products in focus today are worth several millions of Nara intercepted at different locations and markets.

 

“We have subjected them to a rigorous standard and perimeters tests in our laboratories which are enjoying global accreditations and they all failed. Therefore, they cannot be allowed to continue to be distributed. The lives and properties of every Nigerian are sacred and must be protected as provided in the SON Act No. 14 of 2015,” he said.