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UYO-THE Director-General of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma, yesterday raised the alarm that the country is flooded with expired and substandard tyres which is responsible for most road crashes.
He said over 5,288 road crashes recorded between 2011 and 2015 across the country in the last four years came as a result of substandard tyres.
Speaking yesterday at a one-day Sensitization Workshop, tagged, “General Sensitization, Increase Awareness on Substandard Tyres" organized by Scorecard Ventures Limited, at Entry Point Hotel & Suit Ltd, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, Aboloma said "between 2011 and 2015 alone, not less than 5,288 road crashes across the country were recorded as a result of substandard or expired types".
The DG who was represented by the Regional Coordinator, South-South, Mr. Papanye Don-Pedro assured that his organization would not fold its arms allow the trend to continue.
According to him everything has been concluded to clamp down the marketers of the product to save the country from the frequent road carnage arising from it.
He said, “Since the exit of local tyres manufactures like Dunlop and Michelin, this market has opened up access to tyres importation and sadly, substandard and expired tyres by greedy businessmen who compromise on quality and standards for monetary gains at the expense of the lives of Nigerians.".
"Our lives and safety firstly as human beings is paramount and should be placed above all business gain. We must resist actions that make nation a dumping ground to all substandard goods."Aboloma warned.
In his remarks, the Akwa Ibom state Coordinator, Mr Dauda Mshelia, said the sensitization campaign became necessary to educate dealers on the danger of selling substandard tyres to the public.
He disclosed that the organization will soon embark on enforcement of offenders to rid Nigeria markets of Substandard and expired tyres.
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