FG Empowers SON To Jail Substandard Product Dealers For 10yrs
Federal Government has empowered Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to jail dealers in substandard products for ten years. Thus, SON has given a 24 hours ultimatum to tyre dealers in the country to destroy every fake tyre in their stock or face prosecution.
Acting Director General of SON, Dr. Paul Angya, gave the ultimatum at a stakeholder’s forum for tyre dealers in Lagos, stating: “Our new Act 2015 empowered us to jail promoters of sub-standard product up to 10 years and we will not relent to jail any culprit. Dr.Angya who said that the era of seizure and destruction of fake and substandard products was over, made reference to a recent report by the Road Safety Commission stating that out of 8,986 accidents recorded in 2015, 722 were due to tyre bursts, resulting in the death of 446 persons.
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