This was made known by the SON Director General, Osita Aboloma, as he led journalists on a tour of the warehouse in Satellite Town, Lagos, where two million imported substandard tyres were seen.
The Chinese reportedly import the tyres into the country through means that compromise their quality, thereby churning out weak, substandard tyres which endanger the lives of people.
Not only were the tyres of poor quality, their manufacturing dates were also post-dated to make them appear new and road worthy. It was revealed that the Chinese distributed fake tyres under different brand names like; Grandsonte, City Tour, Duraturn, Aptany, Powertrac, City Grand, Bearway and more.
The Chinese were apprehended with the aid of intelligence received from well meaning Nigerians, which helped the SON Directorate of Compliance to intercept one of the trucks belonging to the Chinese and track it to lead them to the rest.
While speaking to journalists, Aboloma said;
“We acted on the intelligence we received from well meaning Nigerians. This was achieved as a result of inter-agency collaboration. The glory is not for SON alone.
"You can see volume of tyres brought in and you can imagine the implication for our society if these tyres are let into the market.”
Just last year, the FRSC reported that the use of fake and expired tyres is responsible for more than 3,000 road traffic accidents that occurred in the last five years, with vehicle owners and drivers caught with expired tyres. At the time, the Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Policy, Research and Statistics, Dr. Kayode Olagunju, had spoken on the dangers of using substandard tyres, saying;
“Only the lucky ones are arrested by road marshals, but only the unlucky ones are arrested by road accidents.”
13 comments:
NA WAOH!
To God be the glory, this whistleblowing policy is really paying off.
. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
May God punish them. It's our lives they want to waste?
Long live LIB
AS UNA BAN TIRE NOW, WHO GO SUFFER??? NO B MORE HARDSHIP UNA DE PUT SOOO!!! AFTER UNA GO SAY NA JONATHAN GOVT COS MAKE THING HARD. PIPLE LIKE IDIOT BONARIO, WHO KNO KNO LEFT FROM RIGHT BCOS ANYTIN BAD NEWS WEY BONARIO EAR, E DE HAPI.
NOW AS DEM SIZ DIS TIRE, HOW TAXI GO TAKE GET 24 THOUSAND TO BUY ONLY ONE TIRE???? NIGERIAN LEADERS NA BUNCH OF ILLITERATES, IN FACT, ALL THE NORTHERNERS.
They should make them export it back to China....if they destroy it here it would cause a lot of pollution...this will also teach the ones in China a lesson
Good
Lib addict#just passing#
Please those tyres must be destroyed. They are weapons of death.
How is this related to the Whistle-blowing policy? This is simply a case of Nigerian citizens with good conscience tipping off the authorities (SON, the police). This has always been in existence in Nigeria and all over the world, it has nothing to do with this government's Whistle-blowing policy. My God!
Whistle-blowing policy is to encourage anyone with information regarding any looted funds, to report the loot to the authorities and be rewarded with between 2.5% and 5% of the recovered loot. Will any of such reward be applicable here? No, because this is not under the purview of that policy.
Bonario, you are too young and with a long future to look forward to which you should rather fight to make better, to exhibit the kind of tendencies you show with your comments; propaganda, stark lies and falsehoods, and negative politics. It's not too late to change.
That's how they keep wasting people Lives and making so much Money from this ..
These Bastards should be jailed for a very Long time cause if its there country they won't spare us...
God will really punish dem! Ediots
Leave Tonto Dikeh's and estranged husband al0ne. Let de be!!!
haha
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
after collecting money from them , they will allow them to go like madam su at golden point hotels that swindled people. i see her regularly. if you commit that kind of crime in china , you are done for.
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