The
Standards Organization of Nigeria says it has in its warehouses substandard
tyres worth about N400m awaiting destruction
The
Director-General, SON,OsitaAboloma, who disclosed this in Abuja, added that the
tyres were mopped up by the agency’s enforcement teams across the country over
the last few months, adding that the tyres would be destroyed to
safeguard lives and properties of innocent Nigerians.
Abolomaenjoined
motorists to take additional precautions while conveying passengers to and from
different locations during the yuletide, adding that such precautions should
begin with a thorough check on the state of the tyres, including whether they
were running on the right air pressures or not.
He said
that SON had put in place an aggressive sensitisation campaign, while at the
same time strengthening internal mechanisms aimed at arresting the problem of
substandard products in the country.
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