Substandard tyre dealers to be charged for murder – SON

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said that henceforth any dealer of fake tyre caught, shall be charged for murder.
Acting Director- General of SON, Dr. Paul Angya revealed this during an engagement with tyre dealers in Lagos yesterday in a desperate move to put an end to importation of used and sub-standard tyre into the country.
Angya said SON as acting Director -General, he would enforce serious sanction on culpable defaulters inline with the Federal Government change mantra which does not give room for corruption.
He noted that 8,986 accidents were recorded in 2015, while 4,100 were killed and 732 people died as a result of tyre bust.
He urged the tyre dealers to cooperate with the organization by putting an end to importation of sub-standard tyre into the country.
“We are ready to eliminate importation of sub-standard products into Nigeria, because of this we have reached out to other government agencies to ensure that we work together and stop the smuggling of fake products into the country,’’ he said.
Angya described seller of fake tyre in the country as a killer, saying henceforth the agency will treat perpetrator as a murderer.