SON to Jail Substandard Tyre Dealers for 10 Years

The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has given a 24-hour-ultimatum to all tyre dealers in Nigeria to destroy every fake tyre they have in their possession or face prosecution.

This ultimatum was given by the organization’s acting Director General, Dr Paul Angya, at a stakeholder’s forum for tyre dealers which held in Lagos, where he affirmed that the organization will not hesitate to jail anyone found in possession of substandard tyres since they now have the authority from the federal government to do that.

“Our new Act 2015 empowered us to jail promoters of substandard product up to 10 years and we will not relent to jail any culprit,” he said, adding that the era of seizure and destruction of sub-standard products was over.

He further stated that the organization was doing everything to prevent the importation of sub-standard products into the country, to improve the quality of tyres produced in the country and to stamp out corruption from SON with the introduction of e-invoice, e-payment and e-receipt.

Source: Vanguard