The Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farouk Salim has disclosed that importers of substandard products have resorted to operating from remote areas in their bid to avoid being noticed by the agency. The SON DG disclosed this during an enforcement exercise last Friday, in a warehouse at Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State, where substandard tyres worth about N600m were discovered and confiscated by the agency. xHe said importers stuff expired tyres in order to dodge duties and shipping cost, while they make a huge profit without minding the quality and implications on people’s lives. xThe warehouse Manager, Emmanuel Ogbagu, while fielding questions from Salim, said the warehouse employed manpower from outside Nigeria to un-stuff the tyres to be taken to markets across the country. xHe said the seizures comprise two units of used Mitsubishi buses; 210 bales of second-hand clothing;1,435 pieces of used tyres; used engine gearbox and auto spare parts; 310 pallets of laser ketchup and 20 bales of fabrics.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2021 03:11 UTC