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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