A ban has been placed by the federal government on the importation of a very common brand of generators. The federal government has banned the importation of a certain size of generator known as “I pass my neighbour” According to Vanguard, the federal government imposed a ban on the generators popularly known by the masses as “I better pass my neighbour”.
READ ALSO: 10 Ways Fashola Can End Epileptic Power Supply Customs spokesman, Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this on Wednesday, November 18. Jubrin, who controls the federation operations unit Zone A in Lagos, 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”.
Meanwhile, due to the epileptic power supply in certain parts of the country, a lawmaker has said that the present government have not contributed funds towards the development of the power sector.
Credit: naija.com
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