THE Federal government has banned the importation
of a very common brand of generators locally called
“I better pass my neighbour”.
The Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A,
Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),
Madugu Sanni Jubrin, who disclosed this, yesterday,
said, “the smaller generators have been banned by
the Federal Government because it is causing air
pollution and destruction of our lungs and breathing
system.
“That is why they have banned it but people are still
interested in smuggling them in, that is why we
intercepted them. If you go to the market, you still
see them because people have imported them
before the ban. So it is the leftover they had before
the ban that they are selling because the law did
not backdate the ban and it is not an absolute
prohibition. It is prohibition by trade which means
you cannot bring it in large quantity and sell to the
public. That is the type of prohibition we have on
this but if you buy one piece, Customs will not seize
it”.
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